there has been an occurance ever since i've got my alternator switched out

with a rebuilt one. While im driving, my lights (instrument cluster, digi clock, headlights)

all blink. When I say blink, I mean pulsate. The damn lights are always flickering.

When I am at a stop they are usually at there most vibrant flicker. When I say vibrant,

I mean a hair slowery but the car F-in shakes! I am in drive with my foot on the brake

pedal and I ease off as the pedal as the light turns green. The car seems as if its out of

gas, or my alternator is going to die again.

I know you guys have read my previous threads entitle Off the Strength. Off the

Strength meaning as i proceed from a stop to an accelerating mode of operation. I took

my car to my audio guy and he tells me that his alternator/battery guy says that our car

(newer cars) have the regulator built into the alternators "brushes". I dont know what

he meant by this, but, what he is trying to imply is that the rebuild isnt neccesary

rebuilt to be in a 99 3.0, it is more like a universal, or for a specific application that

doesnt match mine. I dont know what I am gonna do or where the hell I should even

go about getting this fixed. My warantee is expired.

The reply

"your alternator is probably going" is not welcome here.


Some1 give me some sort of direction

Thanx.

 

Take it to a certified automotive electrican. He should have all the proper testing equipment, and tell you exactly whats wrong.

 

automotive electrician @ a gas station? dealership? car audio? any type of junction i should look for?

 

my shit is clearly randomly occuring.

it has had a 2-day streak of not even having the shakes and the blinks.

then it comes back , usually during the evening.

this may have something to do with the combo of a stereo system and the high beam conv.

 

i would take out the alt. and take it to a autozone and have it tested

also i would look into checking the battery has a nice charge as well

a rebuilt alt. is just fine, you should be fine as long as the guy it good and know what he is doing

i would also recommend that you not rebuild it cause a new one ensures that you have a good warrenty and it will be ok and work well with the car

the shakes and sounds like your car is stalling out i would have your egr checked and also i wonder about your fuel pump and if its bad or not, cause it stalling and you say like its not getting gas it could mean a fuel pump

 

i changed the fuel filter.

the lights blink and the car stutters as the lights blink, its like hand and hand.

something tells me it is the fact that i got a new battery THEN my alt went.

during the time of the alternator being out, i had driven the car to my stereo guy with my friend following

while i was in 1st gear all the way. i think i drained out my battery and now 2 weeks later it

finally is fully charged. i could be wrong but the fuel pump being a problem : i highly doubt it cuz

it shakes at random intervals of gas, usually not the bottom of the end of the tank.

i am stumped. it hasnt come back in a little while, so i guess ill b good for now.

the audio capacitor will put this problem in the garbage, i hope.

 

i filled up my tank tonight and now its doing it again

 

Check u connectors. Might be loose or not on tight. I had a similar problem, when i was braking the light would flicker. Turned out my battery connector was a little loose on the battery. So this mean when the weight of the car shifted, it lost connections for a split sec.

 

really? this is interesting. im gonna go outside and look right now

 

check the batt terminals for corrosion and the alternator plug and ground.

 

is the alternator plug accesible w/o taking out the passenger side fan

 

this shit is still happening. usually when i start the car.

did i get a dud of an alternator?

i didnt check the alternator ground- someone give me some direction PLEASE.

 

ya'll really dont know anything about the electrical system do ya'll?