I believe i found the reason why my idle is acting funny. By accident i hit the negative off my battery and the car still ran like nothing happened. How is this possible , for a car to run without the negative attached ?? makes no sense !

 

It's running off the alternator.

 

yea thats what i frekin figured. whats the best way to fix this problem ?

 

you should never "by accident" be able to knock the terminals off the battery

 

heh , well i know i've been working on my car all day and haven't tightend down the negative i guess . i took it off about 30 times today so ... but how can i get it to run like it should again ? all my grounds are hooked up so .

 

How to fix running off the alternator:

Reattach negative battery terminal.

 

yea i did that jeff, the car runs the same with the batt terminal off or on the negative.. thats what i was getting at.

 

I think everyone is trying to tell you that it is running as it should and that there is no problem - other than you disconnected the battery cable and should reattach it.

The idle should not change because the car is running on or off the alternator.

 

then why does the car run the exact same when negative is on and when negative is off ? doesn't make any sense to me ....

 

ummm, because the car is running off of the alternator after it is running. you use the battery to start the car. Now if you could START the car with the negative off, then you would really have a mystery...

 

lol, are you joking??

 

Man.

You appear to have a hard time connecting the dots, np94.

So let me spell it out for you: Your battery and terminals are not the problem.

 

Running the car with the battery disconnected WILL damage the alternator , if you are (or were) using the stock ECU it would immediately shut down the motor . I know first hand ,I spent a night in mine after the battery separated internally. You should swap out the alternator and try it again.