AHHHHH what i feared the most has finally come

#1 11-02-2005, 07:33 PM

well today as i was driving out of work i did a quick donut and left.. i dont think this caused my problem.. i pulled out of the lot and tried accelerating.. it took forever to get past 20...

so i stop in at a gas station.. turn it off and start it up again.. but to no avail... it sounds like a helicopter.. idling so rough.. the lights dim and stuff too.. someone thinks it might be sparkplugs.. someone thinks it might be a sensor... i dont know what to think.. it makes me sad.. could someone try to think of other problems this could be.. hopefully not tranny..

Matthewmongan · #2 11-02-2005, 07:57 PM

very well could be an alternator. check the voltage, you said the lights dim. probably wouldnt hurt to have a tune up.

Subafreak · #3 11-02-2005, 08:00 PM

I'm sorry? You pulled a donut? Is it snowing in Ohio already

#4 11-02-2005, 08:07 PM

dry donut.. not snowing.. YET... but i really am depressed by this issue.. do you seriously think it could be the alt... i hope so cus if so i can buy a stronger one for my "future sound system" .. is it gonna be expensive to have looked at at a suby dealer.. i heard they are expensive as hell to fix

dwd1985 · #5 11-02-2005, 08:25 PM

I had the same thing happen to me, and it was the alternator. I cant imagine anything else it would be, what you have described is exactly the symptoms of low voltage. When mine went out, I had a shop replace it, and it cost me about $500. However, since then, I have become quite a bit more handy, especially in regards to my SVX, and it is extremely simple to do it yourself, and the part is only about $250.

#6 11-02-2005, 08:54 PM

ohh i sure do hope your right haha.. im a bagboy.. earning bagboy salarie... i was hoping to get rims and the headlight/grille conversion kit by summer along with subs.. but looks liek the subs are gonna have to wait in plave of a new alternator

James Scott · #7 11-09-2005, 07:49 PM

I put this (former) new thread here by mistake....SORRY!

NikFu S. · #8 11-10-2005, 03:03 PM

I drove around for weeks on bad head gaskets spitting coolant out the exhaust.

In my XT6.

Wouldn't try it in an SVX.

If you're up to it you should try doing your own gaskets.

Good learning experience.

#9 11-10-2005, 03:50 PM

well its not as bad as i thought.. well as you guys thought.. still pricey.. but no where near 1000 bucks.. more like 600 ..

#10 11-10-2005, 05:16 PM

btw i was informed today.. that they were wrong and its a MAF and o2 sensor... would these be hard to replace on my own.. 600 bucks?

Earthworm · #11 11-10-2005, 05:18 PM

MAF is super easy. The O2 may require some penetrating fluid to help loosen it. Neither are difficult.