Acid8000
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- Joined
- May 3, 2005
- Location
- Victoria, BC - Canada
Just picked up this new 740 turbo wagon. Had to get a battery when I picked it up too. Came home and tested her with a multimeter and she was showing 16.50! Spiking upto 18 next day. So today I just swapped in am old regulator I had in a 740nalternator I had sitting around. This regulator had less life on the rotors then the one I took out. At first she showed only 13.5 but then she jumped back upto 16 volts. Wondering if I should swap the whole alternator?
I thought this was regulator related. Or maybe a whole brand new regulator will do it? Or...! Is this connected to a rotten wiring harness and that's what can cause overcharging sometimes?
As is right now I took out my brand new battery and have my dead one in there and I jump the car to get going. Because I don't want to cook the new battery. But I'm also worried this could be harming other electronics
-jason
It's an 86' 745 turbo
I thought this was regulator related. Or maybe a whole brand new regulator will do it? Or...! Is this connected to a rotten wiring harness and that's what can cause overcharging sometimes?
As is right now I took out my brand new battery and have my dead one in there and I jump the car to get going. Because I don't want to cook the new battery. But I'm also worried this could be harming other electronics
-jason
It's an 86' 745 turbo