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So I started my car and drove 1 mile down road to the store. Shut off car and then it wouldn't start. I had it jumped and it went about 5 minutes and then shut off again. Battery reads 12.48 when off and then it's losing volts when running until it will shut off.
Also the belt was smoking a little be a use the car will sit for a week at times. It's smoked/ squels a little before and then it runs down the road and stops.
Could the belt be bad and not allowing alternator to Charge? How do I check this.
Or is it just the alternator?
suggest removing the belt and making sure all pulleys (besides the crank pulley) spin freely. usually if you see smoke from a belt, something is locked up.
The belts feel tight.. the battery light doesn't come on after car is started. Fuse 15 is good. This main ground doesn't look good. also I noticed the speedo skip before the car shut off.
I changed the alternator and both belts. The battery is charging now at 14.3 volts but now the battery light is on... The battery light actually wasn't on when the old alternator wasn't charging?????
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Re: Alternator bad?
but now the battery light is on.
Unplug the 4 wire connector from the alternator.
If the warning light then goes out, that means the new alternator is faulty (likely bad or incorrect regulator)
