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Old 07-08-2016, 06:16 AM   #500
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Originally Posted by threezero View Post
So the car just died on me on the way home. Probabaly shouldn't have done it. I vtech it a few times and when I'm almost home it just slowly lose power and died. Lights were all on when it happened. I started it again and it started right up. It always had a problem of not being able to hold idel right at start up I have to help it a little with the gas pedal before it will settle at a idle. Idel good though after it started up. Now that I think about it one of my hid tends to flicker when I accelerate. Does it sound like alternator problem? Would also explain the strange noise?
When my alternator started to die, the battery light on the dash would flash. Measure your battery voltage when the car is running, it should be over 14v.
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