I have a 1992 Subaru SVX with no issues really besides this electrical
problem I have been facing. Whenever I turn on the car everything is
fine, the lights on the dash are completely normal. After about
30secs-2mins of idle or throttling the whole dash lights come on,
everything lights up and while having a volt meter on the terminals I
will no longer get a charge from the alternator and the car is running
on whatever remaining juice is in the battery until stalling. I've
replaced the alternator 4+ times, and come to the conclusion that its
not the alternator, but either something "turning it off" or a short
that is overdrawing the charge of the alternator in the wiring. I
can't really test the shorts, considering the large amount of wires it
would be endless. Anyone know something I don't? I can't for the
life of me figure this issue out...after the car sits for a little bit
and cools back down the car will start up, briefly charge again then
recur with the same problem. The only other thing I just thought of
is the radiator fan is unplugged since its siezed up and I need to
replace it, but I don't think this would have any correlation to the
electrical problem since its unplugged and not drawing any power. I'm
going insane from this PLEASE HELP!!
A few other little mentions, the A/C isn't cold so I unplugged the cables to the A/C as part of an elimination process, just as I did the radiator fan...the belt on the alternator is also brand new and tightened very firm. The alternator is not remanufactured and is brand new obviously.
I read up on as much as time allowed and also decided today to try the fuse/relay involved with the power seatbelts....my drivers seatbelt is not operational and maybe that could be grounding something...I will try that today, but everything else stated prior has/is being done and to no avail.
Someone please show me how smart you are!!
