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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 12:20 PM
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i have a 89 turbo the lights in the warning cluster come on when the car is at idle ........my alt is good (14 volts) the idle on the car is excellent .
do i need to ground some wires?
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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 01:03 PM
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Alt is not good or you have bad connections if the lights are coming on while idleing.

You may try re-grounding the engine and battery, but I would bet that the alt is going or has a diode or two blown in the regulator.

and BTW:

You may get more replies in the future if you use a real title for the thread as well...I know there are several people that normally wouldn't even look at a thread with the title being just a symbol.

Perhaps something like "idiot lights on at idle" or something like that would be better next time.
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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 02:54 PM
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alt is charging ....14 volts on draw test
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Old Jun 3, 2002 | 07:26 PM
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with a digital multi-meter check for AC voltage at idle (yep that's right AC not DC).

I have a feeling that there is at least one diode/rectifer blown in the alt.
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