Spaz's Electrical Issues

[cmspaz]

The problem that was concerning just mysteriously appeared today, then just as mysteriously disappeared after making that post.

So I don't really trust it right now. And I will be damned if I go on this cruise with a chance of my car saying "Screw you, I'm gonna drain your battery completely when you try to start me." If it doesn't do it again, I'll consider it good. Once is admissible, twice makes it a problem. I'll clean my battery terminals for good luck, though.

New PS pump is in, system needs to be bled more because it's still making a racket, but it works and doesn't leak (beyond the first start when I forgot to install the stem o-rings :jackoff: ).

[Kracka]

How about a new battery and alternator? Have you gotten either/both tested yet?

[cmspaz]

Alternator tested at 100% with the tester my dad's got. Battery tested fine.

As I said on Friday (I think I said it at Uni) the alternator function was intermittent, so I wasn't sure if it was bad. Could be that there's so much ATF on it from the pump that it just couldn't work.

I'll probably take a hose to it tonight or tomorrow and see if that helps, or maybe a car wash...

[Halon]

Why not just bring it in somewhere to like an Autozone. I thought they will test Alternators and Batteries for free.

[Kracka]

Why not just bring it in somewhere to like an Autozone. I thought they will test Alternators and Batteries for free.

Yup, I agree; they do test the stuff for free while its still on your car.

[TkrPerformance]

if the p.s. pump was leaking all over it. just replace it it is dieing

[cmspaz]

If I'm replacing it, I need to take a hose to it anyway. I don't think they'll warranty it on parts if it's covered in ATF.

And it tests fine, it just stops working randomly for random lengths of time.

[scheides]

do it. get a new battery while you're in there. If nothing else, keep it in your trunk or back seat so when your battery does die you can swap it out then and limp somewhere safe ;)

[Halon]

When your dad tested it, did he load it? I'm pretty sure that when a shop/store tests it, they load it down heavily because that's when an intermittently failing Alternator will really show if it's dieing.

[TkrPerformance]

bring it in to be tested. clean it out with brake clean. water will not do much for p.s. fluid. the best way to get a warranty is to clip a wire on the inside of the alt. that way it is just dead