How did you get the plug separated to clean the ground plugs? Does the plug have a plastic tab that has to clear ? Help!
Thanks! will try, seems to be corroded shut!
Good luck on your problem. Jack
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electrical problem
car gave me the codes for traction and lost power. went through all the gounds cleaned them all and all were pretty good. the battery had some corosion on the poss cable all ceaned now. the problem is when the car is started the amps show 13.1 if i put on the a/c or the lights it drops into the 12.8 range. if i put the rear defrost on it drops to 11.5 and stays there once i shut it off it will go back to 12.8 never over 13. could this be the battery or altinator? any ideas? thanks
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car gave me the codes for traction and lost power. went through all the gounds cleaned them all and all were pretty good. the battery had some corosion on the poss cable all ceaned now. the problem is when the car is started the amps show 13.1 if i put on the a/c or the lights it drops into the 12.8 range. if i put the rear defrost on it drops to 11.5 and stays there once i shut it off it will go back to 12.8 never over 13. could this be the battery or altinator? any ideas? thanks
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My money is still on a bad battery.
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I just was stating that you'll get some voltage drops due to loads from turning on various electrical appliances.I don't know what set-up he has like a 10% under drive, etc and he didn't give much info to go on.
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its been driving me nuts because i think it used to be higher. i have spent so much time on this cleang grounds and all. was cocerned because the sevice engine reduce power thing happened and thought it was because of the charging system being low now it seems the only problem is i keep getting a history code after clearing it several times the code is p1571h
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