ok so yesterday oon my way home .. the stupid little low volts light came on on my dash ... so i got it checked out and it is possible that the wire harness from the battery to the alternator is bad... wher can i find one of these iv check my local Auto Zone and Advanced Auto Parts and they dont carry them.
Order one from Honda? That is what i would do.
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
yea i just check them they say its 184.47 for the engine harness ... they only sell it with as the whole thing not seperatly... i gues im gonna have to head to the good ol junk yard...
i would just bypass the wire with new wire...if you are lazy to take off the old one out. get some nice 4 guage or 2 guage if you want..
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
So u did check the alt. and battery? if so listen to messy, i'd check the harness anyway to make sure there's no other forseable problems in there, or junk yard like you said.
"Weight is relative to power like time is relative to speed"
Just make a new wire. Get some ring terminals, a piece of wire about 7' or 8'(feet) long and change it. I made mine out of 2/0 welding cable just for extra flow from the alt to the battery.
I would make sure your alternator is good first.
My other car gets about 6 miles to the gallon.
69' Chevelle SS396
89' LXi
ASE Master tech
I'd do a voltage drop test on the wire (ohms/resistance) & then check charging rate on the alternator.
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That light just shows that the output voltage has dropped below batt voltage.
Check batt voltage with volt meter then run the engine at 2000 revs and check the voltagewhile at those revs.
Its quite possible that the charge system fuse is blown, the internal regulater
is blown, the brushes are gone or the armature has a break in a winding.
All these would cause the charge light to come on.
The cat over temp light dosnt come on as well duz it?
That means the regulater is gone and its over charging which will just
blow things up.
it shuld charge at about 14/14.4 volts
thanks guys i got the problem solved.... it was a bad alternator and the wireing harness was a little worn (bad connection) <==i dont know how though but i got it fixed
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