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2.5L voltage regulator
Hello All,
I have a question about 2.5L 4cycl engine on 91 Acclaim/spirit. I observe something weird and if possible i want to confirm it with somebody it is normal. When I crank engine, the voltage-meter stays at ~10V(or ~11, this is the cranking low voltage) and it stays at this value for maybe 5 seconds more even after the car fires up. Later the scale shows higher voltages (lets say 13.6V). This is the case for lets say since I recognize it(last two years). Can somebody observe if this is the case with your car also? just to be clear: In this ebay auction, you will see an instrumental cluster: in this picture, my voltage indicator stays on 3th mark from left when I crank and 5 seconds after it fires up. later it moves to 4th mark from the left. I try to solve this mystery because, I installed a remote starter. The starter design to stop cranking when it registers high Voltage from alternator. Since my regulator does not immediately puts out high voltage, it delays maybe 5 seconds, I can hear the engine is running and the starter cranking more than necessary. As soon as the indicator moves to 4th mark, it stops cranking. TIA. |
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2.5L voltage regulator
"ulas c coskun" > wrote in message ... > Hello All, > > I have a question about 2.5L 4cycl engine on 91 Acclaim/spirit. > > I observe something weird and if possible i want to confirm it with > somebody it is normal. > > When I crank engine, the voltage-meter stays at ~10V(or ~11, this is > the cranking low voltage) and it stays at this value for maybe 5 > seconds more even after the car fires up. Later the scale shows higher > voltages (lets say 13.6V). This is the case for lets say since I > recognize it(last two years). Can somebody observe if this is the case > with your car also? > > just to be clear: > In this ebay auction, you will see an instrumental cluster: in this > picture, my voltage indicator stays on 3th mark from left when I crank > and 5 seconds after it fires up. later it moves to 4th mark from the > left. > > I try to solve this mystery because, I installed a remote starter. The > starter design to stop cranking when it registers high Voltage from > alternator. Since my regulator does not immediately puts out high > voltage, it delays maybe 5 seconds, I can hear the engine is running > and the starter cranking more than necessary. As soon as the indicator > moves to 4th mark, it stops cranking. > Just a wild a**ed guess but I'd be looking at a bad ground in the instrument cluster. second would be a bad connection between the chassis ground and the engine block ground. The latter can be tested with a jumper cable between the negative terminal of the battery and a) the engine block or b) the chassis metal. |
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