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Shuts off when lights are on. why?

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Old 02-25-03, 01:43 PM
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Shuts off when lights are on. why?

Do you think my altenator is shot if I turn my lights on and the cars dies slowly. It will start right back up, but every time I turn the light on the car bogs down then stalls. Give a hand will ya.
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that or you have a bad ground some where, start the car and remove the neg batttery cable if it shuts off 90% it is the alt. if not look at all the obvious places for a bad ground.

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Hey thanks for the great advice!!
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Man, we've gotta get these new 1st gen guys to the NE BBQ!
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i'd say its the alternator for sure, a temporary solution, a bandaid fix would be to increase your idle speed slightly, should do the trick temporarily, but i would look into new alternator if i were you
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demons... definately demons... could be gremlins too... them damn electrical gremlins....
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I second the alternator. If you've still got the old sealed-beams, turning them on puts a pretty hefty load on the battery, which is probably what's going on.
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