"RotaryLover" (rotarylover)
08/14/2013 at 21:04 • Filed to: Home mechanic
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"RotaryLover" (rotarylover)
08/14/2013 at 21:04 • Filed to: Home mechanic | 1
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For the past few days I've been working on a Honda Accord 1995 with the 2.2 non-vtec engine. It would crank but would not start. After changing a few parts, it now starts and runs smoothly, but the alternator is not charging at all and there's the battery light on while the engine is running on the dash. The voltage is the same from the battery to the alternator. After a few minutes, it dies because the battery has no juice left and to start it again it needs a boost. I thought that if I let it run while my car was boosting it, the battery light would go off but it stays on. I've checked the fuses and only the Radio, cig lighter fuse was burned, which I've changed with a fresh one. I don't want to go to the conclusion that the alternator died yet. Is there anything I need to check before that? Maybe Honda's has a few tricks that I don't know about alternators.
BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:15 |
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Immediately swap your engine for the H22 with VTEC.
GTCL
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:17 |
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Go to the auto parts store and have them test the alt. my guess is its a bad alt. Typically when the battery light comes on it is because the alternator is not charging and the car is running off the battery.
desertdog5051
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:23 |
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You should be getting significantly more voltage coming out of the alternator than the battery reads. Assuming your alternator has a built in rectifier, you should be seeing 14+ volts on the output side. If you are seeing only 12 volts or less, you probably need an new alternator or rectifier.
ScootScoot
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:25 |
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Chassis ground/Valve cover ground. Transmission/Chassis ground. Do you have a custom stereo?
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RotaryLover
> GTCL
08/14/2013 at 21:26 |
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I wanted to but they wont do it with the alternator removed and I can't move the car in the current state.
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RotaryLover
> ScootScoot
08/14/2013 at 21:27 |
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Nope she doesn't. It's all stock and the grounds looked good.
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RotaryLover
> desertdog5051
08/14/2013 at 21:29 |
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DAMN I forgot about the rectifier! I learned all that at school but it's been a while that I haven't checked an alternator completely. It is built in. I'll try to get a used one.
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RotaryLover
> BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/14/2013 at 21:29 |
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She would be pissed if I do that lol
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ScootScoot
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:39 |
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Alternator signal wire, have you had that replaced. Is it starting and then dying? Error code 15?
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BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:39 |
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Bah. Details.
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RotaryLover
> ScootScoot
08/14/2013 at 21:44 |
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It starts with a boost. You see the battery voltage draining slowly and as soon as it hits close to 10 V, it dies. There's no error codes that I get if I jump the blue connector at the passenger side.
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desertdog5051
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:45 |
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In exchange for my great knowledge, please tell me how to invert words.
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RotaryLover
> desertdog5051
08/14/2013 at 21:51 |
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There you go http://www.upsidedowntext.com/ :D
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desertdog5051
> RotaryLover
08/14/2013 at 21:53 |
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Thanks.
Slave2anMG
> desertdog5051
08/14/2013 at 22:08 |
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suusoooolqlq
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desertdog5051
> Slave2anMG
08/14/2013 at 22:21 |
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I feel a seizure coming on.
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RotaryLover
> desertdog5051
08/18/2013 at 21:50 |
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Forgot to tell you. It was a dead alternator. I exchanged it with a rebuild one and it worked flawlessly!