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fivese7en

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  1. I think it could be your alternator that is about to go (one of the diodes could've died).

    My car did it when one of my diodes blew I remember now. The car was charging at 10v, had to keep the revs up so it would charge. I had it fixed, then it blew again months later. Now I have a brand new alternator, set me back $600 lol

    Get it checked and make sure its charging at 13v approx. If you have a meter, just start your car and put the negative to the negative and positive to positive on the battery. Should give you a reading anything under 11v is bad.

    Thanks fivese7en,

    The car just recently passed it's road-worthy certificate when I purchased the vehicle.

    Do you know if the alternator would have been checked during the certification process?

    They would have done a standard check but I'm not sure if that includes a battery and recharge check. You can take it to a mechanic, it`ll take him 5 minutes to check and I highly doubt he will charge you for pointing a volt meter at your battery ;)

  2. I think it could be your alternator that is about to go (one of the diodes could've died).

    My car did it when one of my diodes blew I remember now. The car was charging at 10v, had to keep the revs up so it would charge. I had it fixed, then it blew again months later. Now I have a brand new alternator, set me back $600 lol

    Get it checked and make sure its charging at 13v approx. If you have a meter, just start your car and put the negative to the negative and positive to positive on the battery. Should give you a reading anything under 11v is bad.

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