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flickering charging light #832860 01/01/04 10:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14 M manofmystique OP New CEG\'er
OP manofmystique New CEG\'er M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14	The charging system light flickers when my V6 engine is above 4500 RPM. This occures even when there is minimal electrical load. The belt is tight and looks OK. The belt tensioner has plenty of travel available even if the belt were to stretch quite a bit. Otherwise the charging system seems fine. Could this be a false alarm (I hope)? The belt is probably original equip (54000 miles).

Re: flickering charging light #832861 01/02/04 12:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,788 St. Louis, MO P projectSHO89_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
projectSHO89_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,788 St. Louis, MO	Have your charging system analyzed. Either the alternator or the battery is weak, or there is a wiring fault that is preventing full charge current. Steve 98 Contour SE Sport 2.5 Duratec ATX The wifey's car 89 Taurus SHO - 246K miles 94 SHO ATX - 190K 1997 F-150 5.4L ATX - The Workhorse 150K. ANY THREAD WITH "OMG" or "WTF" ETC IN THE TITLE WILL BE IGNORED!

Re: flickering charging light #832862 01/02/04 10:42 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 216 G GregH CEG\'er
GregH CEG\'er G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 216	this is a classic symptom of a bad alternator. The commutator gets rough and kicks the brushes back at high rpm.

Re: flickering charging light #832863 01/02/04 10:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,570 Petoskey, Michigan R rkneeshaw Hard-core CEG\'er
rkneeshaw Hard-core CEG\'er R Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,570 Petoskey, Michigan	Originally posted by GregH: this is a classic symptom of a bad alternator. The commutator gets rough and kicks the brushes back at high rpm. Yap. I had the same symptoms. New alternator fixed it. 1996 Contour SE 3.0 <Alternate Site on CarDomain>

Re: flickering charging light #832864 01/04/04 01:22 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14 M manofmystique OP New CEG\'er
OP manofmystique New CEG\'er M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14	Thanks for the info on my problem! I checked my Chilton manual for alternator replacement, and it says the right half-shaft must be removed before the alternator can be removed from my V6 engine!! This looks like a lot of work so I'm wondering if anyone has changed an alternator on a V6 without removing the right half-shaft. The stealer says 2.5 hrs labor to change an alternator on a V6, and 1 hr on 4 bangers. I haven't crawled under my car to check clearances yet because its 17 degrees F and I have no garage!

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