Dead alternator
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Dead alternator
I guess my power steering leak killed it, slow leak for a while , major leak after a couple repair attempts. Disturbing part, that nice little battery thing on the gauge cluster never came on. Car died on the freeway off ramp with my wife in it. Fun part, getting it back into neutral for a quick tow off the road, that stupid little cover panel can't be popped off with a key.
Got the car car towed home , charged the battery and duplicated the result in my driveway. No battery light, and charges at 13V , not enough to sustain running (especially with the AC running ) but enough to keep the lidiot light from coming on .
Hopefully i I will have a reliable car soon. Heater hoses are also on the way
Got the car car towed home , charged the battery and duplicated the result in my driveway. No battery light, and charges at 13V , not enough to sustain running (especially with the AC running ) but enough to keep the lidiot light from coming on .
Hopefully i I will have a reliable car soon. Heater hoses are also on the way
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I believe they want you to pry it with the back side of the 10mm wrench, please try it. I did when I got the toe hook out.
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My voltage sits right at 13v when I've been driving for a while. When I first start it up it goes to 14.2v and after about 5 minutes drops down to 13v.
Edit: I threw the serpentine belt off my Jeep a few years back due to a fried tensioner pully, it kept running long enough to get to a friends house (about 3 miles), was down to around 11.5v at that point, and that was with the air/heat on full blast.
Edit: I threw the serpentine belt off my Jeep a few years back due to a fried tensioner pully, it kept running long enough to get to a friends house (about 3 miles), was down to around 11.5v at that point, and that was with the air/heat on full blast.
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