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Idiot lights come on when engine get warm. 200 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be Larson on  Fri Jan 16 15:48 CST 2015 [RELATED]

Hello! Long time reader first time poster.
This is how it goes. It's fine when started up cold but after driving for 15-20 minutes the idiot lights come on when I let off the gas but go out when I accelerate this go on for another 10 min then they're on but really weak almost all the time. This started i believe yesterday after I gave my car a hose down, could be a coincident or not. Also I think I smell a faint burnt plastic smell after parking sometimes.
The way it behaves is that a normal sign of an alternator or volt regulator going bad or did I get water on the electric system when I washed the car and now having some problems because of that?

Larson






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New Idiot lights come on when engine get warm. [200][1988]
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