Quick Question/Long Explaination

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-08-2008, 04:51 AM

So I decided to put my CD player in earlier tonight at a gas station while i wait for a few friends to meet me, and my battery died because i drained it completeley. stupid move.

then someone helped me with a jump. the car starts up no problem. i go into reverse to back out then it dies again. so we push start it and it turns on and immediatley dies. tried that 3 times, nothing was working. then i noticed my alternator had a screw with nothing on it and there is a bracket holding wires so i bolted the bracket to it assuming its a ground

so i jump it again and go for a drive and an ic pipe blows off.

i fix that then jump it again. all of a sudden my lights are dim, headlighs, taillights, interior and all. i figure the battery needs to charge so i go for a drive. car makes it for about 2 miles with dim ass lights just slowly dimming more and more until theyre off. somehow the cars still going for a quarter mile, then the car starts misfiring and then popping really bad. then my lower passenger control arm unbolts itself and falls off and the car immediateley pulls hard to the right! im like WTF! maybe its an alternator? i dont think so. the battery is brand new, alternator is/was good as far as im concerned. the car drove fine for the whole day. and as soon as i put my CD player in which DIDNT END UP WORKING! the whole car completeley shits on me. why all of a sudden would i have battery/alternator problems out of nowhere when the car was perfect the whole day? maybe im answering my own question.

JR. · 10-08-2008, 05:02 AM

i just think some people are not meant to have a dsm lol.

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-08-2008, 05:21 AM

maybe idk its the first day i drove it outta the shop

blackFLgst · 10-09-2008, 12:48 AM

I had a alternator that i got from advanced that took a shit in like 2k miles. Its defiantly your alternator, thats whats causing your lights to go dim and all the electrical stuff stops working and slowly dies out. Do you have the lips on the end of the I/C piping?

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-09-2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by blackFLgst

I had a alternator that i got from advanced that took a shit in like 2k miles. Its defiantly your alternator, thats whats causing your lights to go dim and all the electrical stuff stops working and slowly dies out. Do you have the lips on the end of the I/C piping?

i think your right. i had it tested today and they said its charging at 15 volts but its bad and it wont work because of the (i forgot, something like a disc or whatever word they used) they said, so i need a new one. By lip do you mean the little humps that go around the tip like a ring? Im using a stock sidemount and the IC pipe that keeps blowing off is the plastic one thats under the fusebox that connects on top of the sidemount. I tightened it as much as i could but it keeps popping off! I know its not rocket science but its supposed to be stock and it keeps blowing off

blackFLgst · 10-09-2008, 01:07 AM

How much psi are you running?

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-09-2008, 01:34 AM

stock level from the stock wastegate on a stock 1st gen bov with a stock 14b

ibjamin01 · 10-09-2008, 02:18 AM

hmm... did u forget to replace the flux capacitor?

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-09-2008, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ibjamin01

hmm... did u forget to replace the flux capacitor?

what the hell is that?

blackFLgst · 10-09-2008, 03:50 AM

^lol

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-09-2008, 04:16 AM

seriously though i have a problem that needs to be resolved. ill try the alternator. thanks for your help bro

GsEclipse02 · 10-09-2008, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Skyline Driver 5

maybe idk its the first day i drove it outta the shop

bad shop maybe

blackFLgst · 10-09-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyline Driver 5

seriously though i have a problem that needs to be resolved. ill try the alternator. thanks for your help bro

replace the alternator and that will fix the first problem. maybe check the clamps on the piping and make sure they arent broken and not tightning

Skyline Driver 5 · 10-09-2008, 02:26 PM

bad shop lol. thanks blackFLgst, ill try that.

**Flaco_GST** · 10-09-2008, 02:42 PM

You should have someone hook up a computer to your car. I'm pretty sure your throwing a code. Most common one I can think of off the top of my head is the ID-10T error. Seriously have someone look at it. It'll fix the pipe blowing off too.

10-08-2008, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Skyline Driver 5 ^Not changing Sht Car: 95 Eclipse GST, 95 Talon Tsi AWD My TRGarage* Tampa : 3966572	Quick Question/Long Explaination So I decided to put my CD player in earlier tonight at a gas station while i wait for a few friends to meet me, and my battery died because i drained it completeley. stupid move. then someone helped me with a jump. the car starts up no problem. i go into reverse to back out then it dies again. so we push start it and it turns on and immediatley dies. tried that 3 times, nothing was working. then i noticed my alternator had a screw with nothing on it and there is a bracket holding wires so i bolted the bracket to it assuming its a ground so i jump it again and go for a drive and an ic pipe blows off. i fix that then jump it again. all of a sudden my lights are dim, headlighs, taillights, interior and all. i figure the battery needs to charge so i go for a drive. car makes it for about 2 miles with dim ass lights just slowly dimming more and more until theyre off. somehow the cars still going for a quarter mile, then the car starts misfiring and then popping really bad. then my lower passenger control arm unbolts itself and falls off and the car immediateley pulls hard to the right! im like WTF! maybe its an alternator? i dont think so. the battery is brand new, alternator is/was good as far as im concerned. the car drove fine for the whole day. and as soon as i put my CD player in which DIDNT END UP WORKING! the whole car completeley shits on me. why all of a sudden would i have battery/alternator problems out of nowhere when the car was perfect the whole day? maybe im answering my own question.

10-08-2008, 05:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
JR. Registered User Car: 89 dodge colt & 98 cavy (dd) My TRGarage W. TAMPA : 440077010	i just think some people are not meant to have a dsm lol.

10-08-2008, 05:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Skyline Driver 5 ^Not changing Sht Car: 95 Eclipse GST, 95 Talon Tsi AWD My TRGarage* Tampa : 3966572	maybe idk its the first day i drove it outta the shop

10-09-2008, 12:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
blackFLgst crankwalk Car: 4 cyl. knight rider, Oh and a 1g My TRGarage Palm Harbor : 117823443	I had a alternator that i got from advanced that took a shit in like 2k miles. Its defiantly your alternator, thats whats causing your lights to go dim and all the electrical stuff stops working and slowly dies out. Do you have the lips on the end of the I/C piping?

10-09-2008, 01:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
blackFLgst crankwalk Car: 4 cyl. knight rider, Oh and a 1g My TRGarage Palm Harbor : 117823443	How much psi are you running?

10-09-2008, 01:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Skyline Driver 5 ^Not changing Sht Car: 95 Eclipse GST, 95 Talon Tsi AWD My TRGarage* Tampa : 3966572	stock level from the stock wastegate on a stock 1st gen bov with a stock 14b

10-09-2008, 02:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
ibjamin01 Professional Musician Car: 94' talon tsi awd My TRGarage : 22247587	hmm... did u forget to replace the flux capacitor?

10-09-2008, 03:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
blackFLgst crankwalk Car: 4 cyl. knight rider, Oh and a 1g My TRGarage Palm Harbor : 117823443	^lol

10-09-2008, 04:16 AM	#11 (permalink)
Skyline Driver 5 ^Not changing Sht Car: 95 Eclipse GST, 95 Talon Tsi AWD My TRGarage* Tampa : 3966572	seriously though i have a problem that needs to be resolved. ill try the alternator. thanks for your help bro

10-09-2008, 02:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
Skyline Driver 5 ^Not changing Sht Car: 95 Eclipse GST, 95 Talon Tsi AWD My TRGarage* Tampa : 3966572	bad shop lol. thanks blackFLgst, ill try that.

10-09-2008, 02:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
Flaco_GST Pissed off 2foot midget Car: 96 Eclipse gs-t My TRGarage Tampa : 2147483647	You should have someone hook up a computer to your car. I'm pretty sure your throwing a code. Most common one I can think of off the top of my head is the ID-10T error. Seriously have someone look at it. It'll fix the pipe blowing off too.