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Old 04-19-2009, 08:39 AM
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My check guages light flickers on and off. oil pressure seems ok,temp ok,alternator ok,battery is good. It will sometimes stay on for a second or 2 but mostley just flickers,seems to do it more at higher rpms 3000-4000.any ideas??
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Originally Posted by dlk1950
My check guages light flickers on and off. oil pressure seems ok,temp ok,alternator ok,battery is good. It will sometimes stay on for a second or 2 but mostley just flickers,seems to do it more at higher rpms 3000-4000.any ideas??
When the light goes on, immediately look at the gauges because something is situationally wrong. You say your oil pressure seems okay, but what exactly is it reading?
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When the light goes on, immediately look at the gauges because something is situationally wrong. You say your oil pressure seems okay, but what exactly is it reading?
I have 20 at idle & close to 50 at wot...buddy drove car yesterday while i watched guages all seemed ok.
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My car did that and it was my volt meter, it would go up and down like 1-2 volts, hard to see but then my alt. when completly out. Got it rebuilt now it hasnt done it since.
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My car did that and it was my volt meter, it would go up and down like 1-2 volts, hard to see but then my alt. when completly out. Got it rebuilt now it hasnt done it since.
I was thinking alt.It does go up & down a little. but like you said its hard to tell. oil pressure shows good.temp is same as always. no codes just flickering
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how often does it do it? Mine would do it like 3 times every hour. If i were you I would take it to your local parts store and test your alt. mine was reading all differnet amperages, if its not it atleast that will be 1 less thing it could be.



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