pontiacfreak142 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 It started the other night after i left my friends house. i startd the car turned on the headlights, only to be told that only one headlight was on (its a fairly new bulb. the same thing happend the night before only the light turned on after a few minutes. But anyway, i pulled out of my friends drive way and start to take off but noticed the lights dim out then the car just jumped and took off. i got down to a stop sign and hit he breaks and lights dimmed out again and i noticed my volt gauge go down to about 9 volts, (normaly its about 15 volts). I put a new alternator on it yesterday and took it for a drive and it was fine (15-16 volts). after it sat for a while i went out again and it went back to the dropping when i hit the brakes. It also sat just above 13 volts now. Then i messed with it again a little bit ago and the car acted like it had problems starting and when it would, it would sit at about 9-10 volts for 15 seconds then goes up 15-16 and stays. Any idea of what could cause this? The car never did this before i put the new thrust bearing in, so i already went back and checked some of the wires i knew had been messed with (the ground wire on the motor mount for one) but it still did the same thing. is it a bad battery? or are there some other grounds i should be checking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 do the big 3 upgrade.... http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/312025/page/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 My s10 was doing this recently. I did the big 3 and it was still doing it. Bought a new alternator and it was still doing it. turns out the terminal post on the back of the new alternator was broke. was a bitch getting off because it was spinning. Got another new one in and it's been fine since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 My s10 was doing this recently. I did the big 3 and it was still doing it. Bought a new alternator and it was still doing it. turns out the terminal post on the back of the new alternator was broke. was a bitch getting off because it was spinning. Got another new one in and it's been fine since. you broke it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 ha possibly. Oh well it's fixed now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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