Intermittent Charging with "Overdrive" Alt Pulley???
07-21-2004, 07:51 AM
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Intermittent Charging with "Overdrive" Alt Pulley??? I just put on the March fluid underdrive pulley and it came with a "overdrive" alternator pulley. (its about half the size of stock so I assume its an Overdrive)
I am having intermittent charging issues now. The last few times I started the car it would idle on battery till it found the idle. It is taking an average of 35-45 secs to start charging. I had an ASP pulley before with the stock alt pulley and never had an issue.
Has anyone ever had this happen before???
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Andy
I am having intermittent charging issues now. The last few times I started the car it would idle on battery till it found the idle. It is taking an average of 35-45 secs to start charging. I had an ASP pulley before with the stock alt pulley and never had an issue.
Has anyone ever had this happen before???
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Andy
07-21-2004, 11:36 AM
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I thought about that. maybe I could paint a line on it to see if it is spinning. The tensioner is right inbetween both stops so its good and tight. I just hate to go buy another belt with the hit or miss length crap. 
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Sounds like your alternator is about to crap. Use a multimeter and check the voltage while your car is running. Unless.....are you sure you torqued your pulley on all the way? That would explain it.
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Is it possible to over spin the alternator and kill it? I am going to put the stock alt pulley on tonight and see if that fixes the problem. Maybe the alt pulley is so small that I need a shorter belt to tighten it up some. 
