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Is my alternator dying? 850

posted by  Larry P on  Tue Mar 4 09:16 CST 2003
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You need to apply a voltmeter to this baby to help understand what's happening. If the voltage is staying up with all that electrical load on it, then the alternator is doing its job and consequently loading the engine down a bit, which it should. IF the RPM drop is troublesome, it may be a problem in the idle control mechanism. Do you have an AT? Does the idle drop when you move from N to D? It should hold at about the 900.






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