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Still stumped on AMP light
I just don't get it guys! My 85 is pretty much bone stock and after a year or so of owning it, its giving me electrical problems.
ok, here goes. Does anyone know why my AMP light comes on when the car seems to be cold (below R on normal) or when i first start it up. It likes to flicker too and even when i rev it at cold temp, the amp light seems to want to turn off but then it turns bank on. I had my SVO tested at Autozone and they said my alternator was not charging and thats why it comes on. When it comes on, the car seems to run sh**ty, if you hold it at a high rpm in neutral, i hear a popping sound from my exhaust and my lights all dim, all of 'em! When the car seems to finally reach operating temp, everything goes back to normal, lights nice and bright and engine purrs nicely. Weird huh? The thing is that sometimes i don't need to drive really far in the mornings(60 degrees F) to work so by the time i get to work, the engine is just starting to get hot and sometimes it doesn't so my lights are really dim... so dim that my battery is just about dead when i try to start the car after i just turned it off. Basically, i have to wait until the engine reaches op. temp to charge the battery back up. It really sucks because i have to wait until it gets warm enough that it charges the battery back up and i dont get stuck.
Heres the scoop on my charging system:
Last February I had the same problem sort of and thinking it was my voltage regulator, i replaced it with a new one. Nothing changed so an Alt shop told me to get a new alt, this fixed the problem, guess the diodes were bad or something.
1. That alternator that i replaced was done last feb with a lifetime warranty one from Kragen (Checker or Shucks), that i just replaced again thinking it might fix this... nothing.
2. When I replaced the alternator the first time in feb, i got a new voltage regulator although it wasn't the problem and i didn't know, and it spent about a week with the old (bad) alternator until i bought the new one, then it worked.
3. The car seems not to charge the battery or something seems to be wrong with the charging system at cold engine temp.
4. The car will run better once its warm enough, then the amp light turns off completely and stops flickering although it will start doind it again if the car cools enough like on the highway.
Also, I don't know if it has anything to do with this problem but im also starting t notice that my engine seems to loose power sometimes when i shift from first and on. When im on the gas and i shift, occasionally the engine seems to bog or something but the weird thing is that i here the turbo going crazy (normal) and the exhaust sounds normal too but i don't get any horsepower, its almost like the tranny or clutch is slipping but they arent. I have no cat so i don't think its exhaust related ... or can it be, all i have is the stock exhaust with no cat and a flowmaster.
Summary of my problems:
1. Engine seems to loose HP sometimes when i get on it hard enough in mostly all the gears, enginehumms nicely and turbo screams too but the car feels really heavy.
2. Alt light flickers a lot especially when car is cold and system does not charge battery. New alt with fairly new volt reg. but the volt. reg was used on a bad alt for about a week.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY FREAKIN' IDEAS FOR ME TO TRY, IM MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED! PLEASE HELP, I REALLY HATE IT WHEN I CAN'T ENJOY MY SVO.
ok, here goes. Does anyone know why my AMP light comes on when the car seems to be cold (below R on normal) or when i first start it up. It likes to flicker too and even when i rev it at cold temp, the amp light seems to want to turn off but then it turns bank on. I had my SVO tested at Autozone and they said my alternator was not charging and thats why it comes on. When it comes on, the car seems to run sh**ty, if you hold it at a high rpm in neutral, i hear a popping sound from my exhaust and my lights all dim, all of 'em! When the car seems to finally reach operating temp, everything goes back to normal, lights nice and bright and engine purrs nicely. Weird huh? The thing is that sometimes i don't need to drive really far in the mornings(60 degrees F) to work so by the time i get to work, the engine is just starting to get hot and sometimes it doesn't so my lights are really dim... so dim that my battery is just about dead when i try to start the car after i just turned it off. Basically, i have to wait until the engine reaches op. temp to charge the battery back up. It really sucks because i have to wait until it gets warm enough that it charges the battery back up and i dont get stuck.
Heres the scoop on my charging system:
Last February I had the same problem sort of and thinking it was my voltage regulator, i replaced it with a new one. Nothing changed so an Alt shop told me to get a new alt, this fixed the problem, guess the diodes were bad or something.
1. That alternator that i replaced was done last feb with a lifetime warranty one from Kragen (Checker or Shucks), that i just replaced again thinking it might fix this... nothing.
2. When I replaced the alternator the first time in feb, i got a new voltage regulator although it wasn't the problem and i didn't know, and it spent about a week with the old (bad) alternator until i bought the new one, then it worked.
3. The car seems not to charge the battery or something seems to be wrong with the charging system at cold engine temp.
4. The car will run better once its warm enough, then the amp light turns off completely and stops flickering although it will start doind it again if the car cools enough like on the highway.
Also, I don't know if it has anything to do with this problem but im also starting t notice that my engine seems to loose power sometimes when i shift from first and on. When im on the gas and i shift, occasionally the engine seems to bog or something but the weird thing is that i here the turbo going crazy (normal) and the exhaust sounds normal too but i don't get any horsepower, its almost like the tranny or clutch is slipping but they arent. I have no cat so i don't think its exhaust related ... or can it be, all i have is the stock exhaust with no cat and a flowmaster.
Summary of my problems:
1. Engine seems to loose HP sometimes when i get on it hard enough in mostly all the gears, enginehumms nicely and turbo screams too but the car feels really heavy.
2. Alt light flickers a lot especially when car is cold and system does not charge battery. New alt with fairly new volt reg. but the volt. reg was used on a bad alt for about a week.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY FREAKIN' IDEAS FOR ME TO TRY, IM MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED! PLEASE HELP, I REALLY HATE IT WHEN I CAN'T ENJOY MY SVO.
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