

| Subject: | Re: Battery light comes on above 3200 rpm |
| From: | Richard Koerner |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Apr 2020 03:26:01 +0000 |
Well at least remove and inspect possible worn alternator brushes from the list of culprits, as Alistair has suggested.
It's been a long time, but I remember using one those sideways screwdrivers (slotted) to achieve this determination.
Yes...fiddle around with it a bit. Jiggle things. I was amazed when a long time ago I removed the carbon brushes in my alternator: man...they had shrunk down to almost nothing. Just the way it goes. Things wear out.
Rich
San Diego
On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 7:34:48 PM PDT, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
I’m cooking, I mean really, so quick....
Alternator voltage reg... brushes worn out.
My first guess
Alistair
> On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:31 PM, Gregg Carlen <gricha@verizon.net> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
> I’m cruising along this evening about 60mph on the road and my battery light comes on. I slowed and it went out.
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> After some trial and error, I figured out everything is okay if I keep the rpms under 3200. If I go over that, the battery light comes on, and very soon the dashboard lights dim and headlights dim. I let off the gas to get under 3200 rpm and the battery idiot light goes out and everything brightens up again.
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> Could my voltage regulator be going bad? Alternator? Something else I should look at?
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> I’m still traveling, so hopefully o can nurse it the rest of the way home.
>
> FYI; 1990, almost everything stock on a 2.1l. Don’t have access to my records right now, but o don’t think the alternator is more than 5-10 years old. The belt was just recently replaced. Had about 0.5 - 1” flex in it. Could it be too tight?
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> Thanks in advance for any advice!
>
> Gregg
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