cville7

So as i was driving today all of the warning lights such as fuel, battery charge, and overheat exhaust system came on, is it a short or somethin- what's the problem?

mazdaverx713b

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check your belts.

7dust

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Alternator is out or you broke the belt.

Attila the Fun

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The same thing happened to me when my voltage regulator died.

micah

That happened to me without even turning on the engine in an RX-7... all fuses were okay... couldn't figure it out.. Could it be a low-voltage scenario? I typically associate votage reg failures as being high-voltage scenarios.

Mike.Dyrwal

This just happened to me in a non-turbo '91. All Warning Lights came on, and the voltmeter dropped to 12.0, so I figured the alternator was shot, pulled it out, had it tested, and I was right. Installed the replacement (had it tested first!), fired it up, ran it around the block, OK!. . . . .took it out 2 hrs later, and the same thing happened. . . . .all warning lights on, and the alternator quits charging. After studying the wiring digram, it looks like the Ignition Switch is a likely culprit, but they're $100, and I hate to keep shotgunning parts into the beast. ANY IDEAS?

Bama420

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Mine did that when my 17 year old factory alt. belt broke. (imagine that huh) Got a new belt, been fine ever since.

NCross

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Mike.Dyrwal

For anybody Interested. . . . The outcome was this. . . .The Replacement Alternator was bad. I had the replacement bench tested before I left the parts store, and they had said it was OK. . . .The replacement then gave me trouble. I went back and had them test it on the car, and it was only putting out 1 amp. I replaced the replacement, and all is well.