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Old 09-28-2007, 02:09 AM
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Re: Could this be a bad Alternator?

Nah I don't think so, seems more like your rpm's are dropping too much and the alternator stops charging due to a lack of rpm.

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Originally Posted by IZ1111
When in morning start-ups. My car seems to die down after seconds, unless I keep my foot on the accelerator to keep it from dying. And when it dies down I can see the battery needle on the gauge go crazy and then dead. After that the battery light turns on. But if I warm it up with some gas for a while it works fine, only on cold start-ups this problem occurs. Could this be a bad altornator starting to give up? Thanks for any responce.
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Last edited by reekor; 09-28-2007 at 11:13 AM.
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