Alternator Wire Help
If your alternator tested out fine, 99% - it is fine.
Let's go back to the original problem - Did you have your battery tested? When you drive, what does your voltage gauge on the dash show?
If you have a charging problem, it could be:
- the exciter
- a dry battery
- a old/bad battery
- loose/corroded cables connecting the components
There are lots of threads here with similar issues and it just turned out to be a loose wire.
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 446
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From: Oakland, California
My battery is brand new, and I it was tested and charged at my job. The voltage doesn't go past 11-12v. Not even when I accelerate. It runs just on the battery pretty much, so I haven't driven it.
No. This is a myth. If the fluid were magnetic, maybe - but its not... All of the alternator internals are completely sealed so dirt, fluids, etc. won't bother it.
If your alternator tested out fine, 99% - it is fine.
Let's go back to the original problem - Did you have your battery tested? When you drive, what does your voltage gauge on the dash show?
If you have a charging problem, it could be:
- the exciter
- a dry battery
- a old/bad battery
- loose/corroded cables connecting the components
There are lots of threads here with similar issues and it just turned out to be a loose wire.
If your alternator tested out fine, 99% - it is fine.
Let's go back to the original problem - Did you have your battery tested? When you drive, what does your voltage gauge on the dash show?
If you have a charging problem, it could be:
- the exciter
- a dry battery
- a old/bad battery
- loose/corroded cables connecting the components
There are lots of threads here with similar issues and it just turned out to be a loose wire.
Last edited by hcb1700; May 6, 2012 at 12:33 PM.
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 446
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From: Oakland, California
Guys found what i'm hoping could be the problem when i was under the car this morning before before coming to work. I disconnected the excitor cable to check it one more tme and tried when i pulled it a bit i noticed that it was stretchy by where it goes into the connector. Can it be that it the wire melted inside? I replaced the connector, but didn't have time turn the car on.
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Guys found what i'm hoping could be the problem when i was under the car this morning before before coming to work. I disconnected the excitor cable to check it one more tme and tried when i pulled it a bit i noticed that it was stretchy by where it goes into the connector. Can it be that it the wire melted inside? I replaced the connector, but didn't have time turn the car on.
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 446
Likes: 1
From: Oakland, California
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 446
Likes: 1
From: Oakland, California
Well guys, it turned out to be the excitor wire. I finished the repair today and fired it up, and the Volts gauge shot up. It put a big smile in my face. Thank you all for your help.
Last edited by hcb1700; May 9, 2012 at 11:55 PM.
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