low volts, not charging '90 200

[Geraint Lloyd]

Tried ALL of the cheap solutions and probably could have bought 1.5  
altermators for the same money

There is deffinately a splice

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On 2009-09-30, at 20:35, "John Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:

> Just an alternator for me in a similar situation. I was just hoping  
> for an
> inexpensive solution.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geraint Lloyd [mailto:geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:03 PM
> To: <jlagnese at massed.net>
> Cc: Nick Lawrence; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: low volts, not charging '90 200
>
> Agreed for the regulator, but my recent btdt was a rebuilt alternator
> and new battery for exactly the same symptoms.
>
> Also the lack of charge gave me a hard start that looked like a fuel
> pump check valve
>
> Geraint
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2009-09-30, at 15:47, <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:
>
>> You may check the regulator first. If you're lucky
>> the brushes are just tired(short).
>> ---- Original message ----
>>
>> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:22:06 -0400
>> From: "Nick Lawrence" <nick at beol.net>
>> Subject: low volts, not charging '90 200
>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>>> '90 200 tqa, while driving this morning my volts
>> went very low. On the analog guage, below the 12v
>> mark, and 10+ - on the climate control read-out.
>>> Measured volts with a Digital Fluke Meter at the
>> cigarette lighter and at the battery read about 1v
>> higher, almost 12v.
>>> Revving the engine doesn't seem to produce
>> charge.
>>> Another obsevation, in the instrument cluster the
>> water temp, oil temp and fule guage were reading
>> noticibly lower than normal.
>>> My direction is to look at the alternator first.
>> Any other BTDT will be appreciated.
>>> Nick central Ohio
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