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Wipers bogging down
Today I was driving in hard rain on the highway. The windows kept fogging up
even with the defroster, so I turned on my compressor. Whenever I turned on the compressor, the wipers, set on high, would bog down to low speed. I turned off the a/c button and the wipers picked up speed again, and so on. What is this??? It was really weird, something I'd never noticed before. ['94 Accord EX Sedan 2.2 Automatic] |
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I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever
driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." :-) |
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I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever
driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." :-) |
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Dee wrote:
> I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > _____________________ That's a fairly good non-technical term:-) Possibly your alternator drive belt is a bit loose (or wet from all the splashing) and couldn't keep up with the demand of the AC and the wipers and the heater fan. You may have been running on the battery as much as anything. Good idea to have somebody check the tightness of your belts once in awhile, especially wtih winter settling in. . . . Kinda sounds like a LADA type of problem :-) No big worry, but look into it. 'Curly' |
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Dee wrote:
> I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > _____________________ That's a fairly good non-technical term:-) Possibly your alternator drive belt is a bit loose (or wet from all the splashing) and couldn't keep up with the demand of the AC and the wipers and the heater fan. You may have been running on the battery as much as anything. Good idea to have somebody check the tightness of your belts once in awhile, especially wtih winter settling in. . . . Kinda sounds like a LADA type of problem :-) No big worry, but look into it. 'Curly' |
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Dee wrote:
> I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > > > > slipping alternator belt? |
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Dee wrote:
> I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > > > > slipping alternator belt? |
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On 11/22/04 7:55 PM, in article , "Dee"
> wrote: > I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > > > > If the water was high enough to touch the crank pulley, the belts got wet and were probably slipping. This in turn prevented the alternator from spinning fast enough to handle the extra load. Did you hear any belt screeching noises when you turned on the AC? Check the belt tension, but don't overtighten them. If everything works correctly after it all dries out, that was probably what happened. |
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On 11/22/04 7:55 PM, in article , "Dee"
> wrote: > I forgot to mention that this was possibly the heaviest rain I've ever > driven in and I'd been driving through some areas of high water (enough to > make my brakes so wet they almost wouldn't stop the car at one point). > > (Someone I know told me I might have "****ed off the electrical system." > :-) > > > > If the water was high enough to touch the crank pulley, the belts got wet and were probably slipping. This in turn prevented the alternator from spinning fast enough to handle the extra load. Did you hear any belt screeching noises when you turned on the AC? Check the belt tension, but don't overtighten them. If everything works correctly after it all dries out, that was probably what happened. |
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I want to thank everyone for your suggestions. The water was indeed high
enough to wet the crank pulley. Although I didn't hear the belt screeching, that doesn't mean it wasn't. There were enough other sounds to drown it out, what with blinding rain battering (this is some of that south Texas flooding that made the news yesterday) and the fan on high. I bet you're all right on target, and I appreciate your input. |
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