Battery Draining And Volts Dropping
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Battery Draining And Volts Dropping
I got a charge system fault on the DIC lately, only popped up once or twice. My battery gets drained quickly while driving and the volts drop very slowly as well. I replaced the old battery think it was going bad. Well the new battery is in, it still happens. The car hasn't died on the road yet, but that's because I didn't want to test it on the road and get stuck. When I pulled up to the house the volts where at 10.6 without having the ac on or the lights on. I tried the check the alternator but the volts where to low for me to check. I also checked all of the fuses in the engine bay, none were blown and no codes on the DIC where found on the onboard code system. Could it be my alternator failing? The car has 105K miles on it. I talked to two guys saying it mostly is the alternator, and I'm gonna go to get it checked out be a alternator builder down the road on Monday, but do any of you know what's wrong or what it might be?
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Originally Posted by dmaxx3500
maybe the alt isn't charging the battery
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Any half-way decent digital volt meter should have been able to check the voltage at the alternator. Red test lead on the output post and black test lead to a good ground. I'll bet the alternator is toast.possible bad internal voltage regulator.
If they guy who does alternator builds is good at it, he can make any repairs and it will be better than buying an off-the-shelf alternator at some parts store. And cheaper too
If they guy who does alternator builds is good at it, he can make any repairs and it will be better than buying an off-the-shelf alternator at some parts store. And cheaper too
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The starter is also new, put on and heat wrapped it maybe 6 months ago.
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Any half-way decent digital volt meter should have been able to check the voltage at the alternator. Red test lead on the output post and black test lead to a good ground. I'll bet the alternator is toast.possible bad internal voltage regulator.
If they guy who does alternator builds is good at it, he can make any repairs and it will be better than buying an off-the-shelf alternator at some parts store. And cheaper too
If they guy who does alternator builds is good at it, he can make any repairs and it will be better than buying an off-the-shelf alternator at some parts store. And cheaper too
