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Mark (Markg)
Member
Username: Markg
Post Number: 329
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 13, 2002 - 2:23 pm: | |
Update: Took to shop to have complete electrical system check done. Regulator is bad but so is battery, turns out to have a shorted cell. Less than 1 year old, but my fault - I never properly secured the battery and banging around loose eventually caused cell damage.....
I also had an intermitant probelm with engine hesitation/bucking/cylinder loss (but not a whole bank...)that felt more like a fuel delivery problem than Digiplex to me. They looked into that and sure enough my fuse box finally did the 308 melt down...question:
Fuse box was fine a few months ago when I checked it, cleaned it and re-fused it - think an over-charging electrical system could have caused fuse box issue? |
magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3653
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 5:14 pm: | |
Mark, I definetly would change the reg.. Then try the battery to see if it still holds a charge. |
Mark (Markg)
Member
Username: Markg
Post Number: 321
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 8:50 am: | |
Magoo - might be too late! The battery cap had come off and I thought I had evaporation issue, but over-charge seems more likely! |
magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3638
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 8:17 pm: | |
Mark, I think you are right. The regulator is probably bad. Be careful you can "cook" the battery. |
Henry D. Chin (Hanknum)
New member
Username: Hanknum
Post Number: 44
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 1:50 am: | |
I'd check for a bad connection, possible grounding problem.
Good luck.
Henry |
Bob Campen (Bob308gts)
Member
Username: Bob308gts
Post Number: 380
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:03 pm: | |
Check the output from the alternator, mine was doing the same thing put a voltmeter on the battery at 1000 rpm 12.5v at 3000 18.8v should never be over 14v or so. Had it rebuilt and all is well. |
Mark (Markg)
Member
Username: Markg
Post Number: 317
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 9:39 am: | |
82 308 GTSi: headlights will dim and brighten sporadically, reving engine will brighten them but then they dim again as if severe voltage drop. I also have a relay that clicks at about 3,000 RPM but not at higher RPMs.
Battery charges fine; all relays and fuses have been replaced, fuse box fine and all wiring harnesses have been cleaned and Stabilant-22'd.
Cibie' quartz halogen lights with standard 35w bulbs.
Voltage regulator starting to go bad?
34k miles .....
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