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I think its my alternator
I think its my alternator!
Ok heres the story, I drove to a friends house, and as I was parking I noticed that the "Stop Light", "brake Light","ABS","Battery","power Steering" lights go on. I tried to ignore them so I went inside my friends house and was there for like 45min. When I went back to my car the same lights were still on. Like 2 miles later the interior lights in the dash began to dim so I figure the car was losing power and a second after the car shut off. So i got a boost and it was enought to make it to my house and just as I was parking the car lost power again. What do you guys think? So im buying an alternator but I want to know if theres another alternator that would fit it. Just in case they tell me that they dont have one for an SVX, maybe a subaru one fits it? thanks guys |
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It gives the symptoms of a failing alternator.
I have a used one you can borrow if you get stuck but I have not used it yet. IT's from another car. Have you thought about having AutoZone check your electric system?
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I had the same problem 2 weeks ago. The problem with the SVX is that the original alternator is 95 amps. Finding an 80 amp alternator is easy through autozone or pepboys, etc., but I did find one at O'Reilly's that was a 90 amp, but had to wait a week to get it. It was $140 plus tax.
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Ok, I replaced the alternator which got rid of all the check lights on the engine,but anew one came on. So when I finally finished the alternator instalaltion I turned the car on after I got a boost then I noticed that my "power" light blinked 16 times, what can the code mean? I did look up the self diagnostic tesyt which I will do but I just figure I check with you guys to see If any of you had any suggestions. Thanks
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What I've learn
Well A while back I posted a problem about my 1992 SVX shuting off shortly after starting, but it would only shut off once in the entire day no matter how many times I turned it off. When my car stopped completly and it wouldn't start again, unless I got a battery boost. I figure my alternator was the problem because all the fingers pointed to the alternator. So I got a new reman. Alternator which I installed myself thanks to the intrucstion posted in the How-to-locker. Thanks to this site I was able to determined that my alternator was the reason why my car was stopping shortly after I would start it for the first time. So I figure that my car stopping was a sing that the alternator would soon go, but I've yet to find out why? Has the alternator alwasy been a problem? and why do they die?
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Actually the "power" light is gone. I have no Idea how but the light dissapear the next day fater I noticed that the light was blinkin. IS that good or bad?
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I've Just replaced my alternator, Did I leave something wrong?
I replaced my alternator recently and for some reason my doesnt have enought power to start in the monings. When I leave the car overnight the battery just dies, well I dont know if its the battery but the car wont start until i get a battery boost. Once I get it boost the car starts right away, and I can turn it off then it will start right up no problem. The battery dies only when the car its been off for a long period of time. Thanks for any help
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are you still using the same battery? if your alternator fails all your power will come from the battery while its running thereby draining it. you need a new one, or you can get autozone to deep cycle it if its salvageable.
thats if your lucky. consider if you get a new battery and it still dies, then you might have a wiring problem which ironically enough, i just posted a personal experience about. go somewhere like a dealer to get some diagnostics. i wouldnt (and dont) trust anyone that cant go deep into your engine to figure out the problems.
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I just bought a new battery and hopefully tomorrow morning it will start right up. but thanx for the advice
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