Another charging issue. Advice?
Another charging issue. Advice? So I was driving my 2000 Firehawk. Everything shut down on me while driving so long story short, got it towed. Found a loss wire on alt so tightened that then thought problem was solved. Now I am still having the same issues. The car will come on, it will start, and everything will read. Once it has ran for about a minute, all the gauges will cut out and when I try to step on the gas, it wants to bog out and die. I then changed the battery thinking that was it but no luck. I did check all the cables as well and no issues where found there. Now I am trying to get my car on the road but it will not stay running and will just die. If you need any other info let me know but I am lost now. Thanks for any advice you may be able to give me.
Alternator?
Beware...others have had their alts bench tested, and no trouble was found.
However, the trouble was the alternator.
Are you sure that retightened connection is good? Sometimes, a loose connection can arc, and the contact point between the wire and the alternator/battery/whatever can become clouded/tarnished..etc.
Given that the connection had to have been loose for awhile, I'm thinking that this is the trouble.
Beware...others have had their alts bench tested, and no trouble was found.
However, the trouble was the alternator.
Are you sure that retightened connection is good? Sometimes, a loose connection can arc, and the contact point between the wire and the alternator/battery/whatever can become clouded/tarnished..etc.
Given that the connection had to have been loose for awhile, I'm thinking that this is the trouble.
It was the issue at first but I then tightened it. The issue presumed so I took the alt out and had it tested. It came back as a fail so I replaced with a new alt. it's now doing the same thing so that's why I was thinking it was something else but I don't know what.
Could an over heating issue cause my car to cut out like that? Like as a safety measure? If so, what sensor or area would I check. If that is not realistic, then I don't know where else to look.
Trending Topics
When you said lights on the dash, did you mean the service lights? I have the TCS Inop, brake, ABS Inop, and check gauges. My fuel gauge is being weird. It's the sending unit not reading properly. And the other one is my EBCM. I can hear that one clicking on and off when the car is running.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
You gotta get this car running to find the problem. It'll run a good while on a fully charged battery. Charge it up.
==============================================
Do gMAG's test. Post the results.
I took the battery to get it charged yesterday. Will pick it up today after work. Couldn't take the alt off because the motor got hot enough to not want to get in there. When I have the jumper cables on it, the gauges work. As soon as I remove them, all the needles don't read. None of them. Even the tach while the engine was running. So I am taking the brand new alt I just bought back today and getting it checked too. It has to be the battery or alt. well I hope. Thanks for all the advice. Most of this is common since but just making sure
I wasn't having a dumb moment. Thanks again
I wasn't having a dumb moment. Thanks again
Check all the ground straps and connections.....just to get the process started.
Where to start. I know the starter and alt grounds. Is there a major ground maybe I have over looked? I built the car about a year ago and my wife had the issue while I was gone a few months back. Didn't have any issues until the wife touched it. :-(
Between my car and another. I pulled the cables off and I could watch my voltage drop on the gauge. I put them back on and the voltage came back up. If I left them off long enough, the car would die.