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Old 09-30-08, 09:24 PM
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Hey everyone


today i was driving to school and i noticed the little oil light, add coolant light ( no buzzer ) the yellow 4 wheel abs light and the battery and brake light all come on at the same time while the car was running. it looked just like when u have the key in and turned to on but the car was running. they would on and off on and off....what does this mean? i did notice she was a little low on oil but after changing and adding the right amount. the lights would still come on and off.....does anyone have any suggestions?



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Typically, that means your alternator is failing.
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take a multimeter to it and i bet you'll find that its not running at correct voltage. Your battery will soon die if nothing is done.
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i thought that...but my power fc commander was reading 14.8 volts... the lowest it fell to was 13.9 volts
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ignition switch?Maybe.
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hmmm.....no i dont think its the ignition switch...i mean it starts the car with no problem
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just guessing. ive had one do crazy things before but mainly before the car is running.
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oooh.....i hope its not the alternator, i changed it about 4 months ago, i put in a high performance alternator i hope it didnt go bad cuz it was expensive : (
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I know when my airpump failed I had a christmas tress on my dashboard, but it was so long ago, I don't remember exactly what lights came on, not sure if you still have your airpump, but throwing it out as a possibility.
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yea my air pump is gone. i did the greddy pulley kit and it eliminated it
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