If you're having charging problems...remember to check your grounds.
Ever since I've had this car it's charged at 13.1 when cold and once it warmed up it discharged at 12.1 and sometimes as low as 11.5....but it always cranked......just really slow. I've gone through 4 alternators I think......and 2 voltage regulators.
I checked my ground that were on the engine itself and they looked good...apparently they weren't. I hooked up a little jumper wire from the engine to the chassis and it started charging at 13.9.
Even if they look good...extra grounding is always good to have.
now here's a question for you......could a bad ground cause a car to run hotter than normal?
Ever since I've had this car it's charged at 13.1 when cold and once it warmed up it discharged at 12.1 and sometimes as low as 11.5....but it always cranked......just really slow. I've gone through 4 alternators I think......and 2 voltage regulators.
I checked my ground that were on the engine itself and they looked good...apparently they weren't. I hooked up a little jumper wire from the engine to the chassis and it started charging at 13.9.
Even if they look good...extra grounding is always good to have.
now here's a question for you......could a bad ground cause a car to run hotter than normal?