Ok so here is what happened. 6 months ago, I had a condition where the car put on the battery light while it was going up in RPM...RPM lowered, light went away. Two problem...bad in line fuse and bad alternator. Now today, same same! Freakin NEW alternator having issues. Low volts off of the regulator...the light comes on around 3500 and as I am driving the place where the light turns out gets lower and lower till right around 1 grand turns the volt light out. Get this, at night when driving, when the volt light is on, the lights dim. Lights out, all is peaceful in the land...till the RPMs go up again. So yes I am replacing another freakin' alternator and maybe I will break another 13mm socket on it....woooo hoooo. Got a new Stanley to do the job this time. My goal is to see if I can break another when I put it back together...haahaaa
But now to the question. LOL What the heck could be causing it to go bad? Shoot some ideas my way.
Particulars
2.0 Zetec
96 Merc Mystique
Manual tranny
no big stereo....although plans are there
replaced one alternator purchased from AutoZone
checked batt both times pulling 11-12 volts from the batt still.
What a month. I have already replaced a rear wheel brake cylinder and all the lovely paint that had bubbled up on it with pads covered in brake fluid...I had only enough time to do one side.....THEN....the front brakes I replaced because I was grinding new patterns in the rotors and of course on the way back from getting the front brake parts....this stuff happens.....Christmas??? What Christmas?? Merry Christmas to my car, Merry Christmas to my car.............
Sorry this is long....bounce some ideas around and see if we can come up with some things to check to look for on the Z engine
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L8R
Rich
