kyle_in_rure
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Hello all,
A little over two years ago the replaced the alternator on my 97 4.6 Expy because it was not charging 90% of the time. It left me stranded after about a week of having issues with keeping the battery charged.
Now I am having a strange problem. When i first started it up in the morning to go to work (in the dark), I noticed the headlights are dim, wipers slow, etc. it was like this for the first 20 minutes of the drive then magically started acting normal again. It has done this every day for the past week. I checked the voltage at the battery posts when I was noticing the dim lights and it was a solid 12.1 volts (not high enough, right?) and when it starts charging again it is around 14.1 volts. The trouble is I’m not sure where to start looking first. Is this an alternator issue or some kind of regulator issue?
Also I noticed the battery light in the instrument cluster is burned out, so if it should be coming on it obviously isn’t.
Thanks!
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A little over two years ago the replaced the alternator on my 97 4.6 Expy because it was not charging 90% of the time. It left me stranded after about a week of having issues with keeping the battery charged.
Now I am having a strange problem. When i first started it up in the morning to go to work (in the dark), I noticed the headlights are dim, wipers slow, etc. it was like this for the first 20 minutes of the drive then magically started acting normal again. It has done this every day for the past week. I checked the voltage at the battery posts when I was noticing the dim lights and it was a solid 12.1 volts (not high enough, right?) and when it starts charging again it is around 14.1 volts. The trouble is I’m not sure where to start looking first. Is this an alternator issue or some kind of regulator issue?
Also I noticed the battery light in the instrument cluster is burned out, so if it should be coming on it obviously isn’t.
Thanks!
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