hey guys i have a AE86 hatch.... i was just wondering wut i should do.. a week ago my alternator died on me and so i towed my car to my shop... i went to this place down at Midwest and picked up a rebuild Alternator for $75 and he said "if it doesnt work u can bring it back within 30 days" so i took my new alternator and i went back to the shop and put on the new one.. and tonight i just found out that my alternator is dead again... coz when I in my car and try to start it... it didnt start so i boosted her up and she was ok.... but eveytime i hit the gas it sounds like its goin to die and when i tured on my lights to see if everythin was ok my car just shut off.... and it didnt start again..... i know its not the battary.. bcuz when the dead didnt start all my lights wound turn on and its still bright as hell... but when the car WAS on the light were so dim..... so i was thinkin abuot goin back to the shop tomorrow and talk to the ppl that sold me the alternator to gve me a new one...... i know that shouldt b a problem at all.. but the problem is here..... do u think they'll pay for my tow bcoz i have to tow my car back to the shop and get it changed and i dun think i should b resonable to pry for the tow bcuz sum a**hole sold me a bad alternaor that only worked for 2 weeks...... what do u guys think??
Hard to say if they will give you money for the tow.. unless you can prove that it was the alternator at fault.. chances are its not... it sounds like you have other problems.. the alternator should be able to hold the car running on its own power if the battery is dead.. but if you turn off the car with a dead battery, it won't start unless you boost it. If the battery was fine and the alternator was dead.. your car would run until the battery power died. How do you know its not the battery? have you had it tested to see if it holds power.. I don't know how many times I've done that before.. where I could swear its not the battery..then you get it tested and the damn thing was deader than a skunk in the middle of the 401.
well like u said the car wont star unless u get a boost...... my car doesnt start now unless i boost it up....
like if i go in my car right now and turn on the car (not the engine) i got lots of power..... so im thinking its the alternator
it "can" be your battery. even if its low charge, it can still run lights and stereo.they only take watts. but it takes "ALOT" of "amps" to crank an engine over. even with a good alternator, your car will only run for a short time (if at all)with out a battery that can hold a charge. check for charge on battery.(12 to 14 volts) cells may be dead and cannot hold charge any more..have you checked battery acid level? http://members.cardomain.com/mr2bad
well i dunno dont know ne more... my car was running just lastnight... i didnt drive it all day today and when i got in my car tonight it just went nuts on me..... and when i had my car boosted up shouldt the car rechage the battary??? and when the car was bosted up it idel kinda funny like it did when my car died last week b4 it just gave up....
Well.. does it make sense that you just replaced the alternator and the car somehow by magic just died again? You never even got the battery tested before.. you just assumed the alternator was at fault.
thx alot guys for all your help im goin to get my battary change tomorrow first thing in the morning..... lets see wut happens.... i'll keep u guys updated... and once again thx for all of u that gave me all the usefull info
Also why I dont think its the alternator is because if your battery was dead your car wouldnt run at all. When the alternator doesnt work, it will use the battery for ignition and other electronics, and the battery wouldnt last long on an EFI car doing that.
got everything done today.... i think i paid way 2 much $$$ tho i endin up spending almost $400 to get a new rebuild alternator and a new battary (speedy)...... took those mofo's like 7 hours..... battary was like 80 sumthin, alternator was like 260 sumthin, and labor was like 60 sumthin then damn tax n all that shit..... ne ways they did a test infront of me and when the car was on the alternator was only charging at 12amps and the battary was really done n over with... lol ne ways car is back up n running again and the new alternator recharges at 14.2-14.7amps...... but i just found n other prob with my car.... and its the mass airflow sensor.... i took it to my shop today and the car was runnin funny.... so then we had a look at it..... the cars starts jerkin at around 2.5-3rpm.. so then i was like WTF.... so then we played around with the sensor and nothing worked... so then we took a sensor from like a 1996ish sensor and pluged it in...... the car ran great.... but the only prob was that the sensor wont fit my car..... so now i have to go look for a sensor... but i know its gonna cost lots of $$ does ne1 know where i can get a used but workin properly mass air flow sensor for a 4A-GE motor??
oh my I got my battery from Costco for about $65 plus tax.. they're not hard to install.. as for the alternator.. did they replace the other one? or did you go to another place and spent more money on a 2nd alternator?
well they took the one i had in the car out and sum guy came n picked it up and rebuild it and brght it back later on in the afternoon........ ya it took 7 damn hours..... bcause they kinda got the wrong battary.... its a bit taller then the old one.. and they didnt want to get n other battary so they kinda played around with it for a long fuckin time..... and after everythin was in the battary tir down didnt fit on ne more coz the battary was 1 tall.... so they took n hours makin me a bracket....... lol and that's the 7 hours i spend today at Speedy Auto Servies.... lol and i ONLY PAIED FOR 1 HOUR OF LABER NOT 7!!!!!! lol just so u all know
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