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Old 06-26-2010, 04:00 AM
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I was drving in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours yesterday in 96 degree heat. Oil temp got as high as 214 and the battery voltage was 13.5V do these reading sound normal under these conditoins? I am not really concerned with the oil temps, but unless I am mistaking I thought my battery voltage was normally around 14.2.
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In that heat your AC and cooling fan are running full tilt and the voltage your alternator can maintain will drop slightly.
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In traffic my voltage gauge fluctuates down to as low as 12 volts! Is this normal?
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