Bad alternator + overheating?
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Bad alternator + overheating?
Ok, I was just driving down the street this morning and all of my idiot lights came on, so I'm like ahh crap the alternator, but I kept driving for a bit until I could safely pull over, and then I noticed my temp. guage started rising, so I pulled over IMMEDIATELY. It never actually overheated, but it would have. So all of my idiot lights came on plus I am overheating, but this car has NEVER even thought about overheating, it runs perfectly cool. And yes, the alt. belt didnt snap, and I made sure its tight. Can anyone help me out? I gotta have this thing running by monday!
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Could any of the other belts cause this? Because I made sure the alt. belt was tight enough. It *was* a little loose at first, but I tightened it and the same thing still.
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Anyone know? I am taking my alt. to get tested today, but the overheating is weird, it happened at exactly the same time, and its never happened before.
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not sure about the overheating but when my idiots lights kept coming for a week. after a while the car {1 week) bucked and stopped running, replaced the alternator and everthing was fine.
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