what the hell is going on?!1
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:18 am
My 1991 awd L wagon has been on the goddamn fritz. a day or 2 ago randomly my battery, at oil temp, stop lamp, and brake idiot lights all came on... and my being an idiot ignored them, as my check engine had been going on and off for a while without consequence.
So today i was on an L ride and my radio started turning off and on and i just figured i fucked up my wiring... then a few minutes later i noticed all the idiot lights were gone and i was slightly relived until i realized my gauge cluster wasn't lit at all and i hauled ass back to my friends house to drop him off and the car died right in front of it.
He jumped my car with his sister's figuring if i stayed moving i'd be alright (which i now think was a false assumption as the lights seemed to get brighter and then dim again regardless of speed) and i hauled ass as fast as i could towards my house, and hit a red light car started to sound like ass and by the time i got through the intersection, it seemed to be running on 2, and then 1 cyl, barely moved even at WOT made some lame noises and finally died. Called up a friend to jump me and it started and i hauled ass about a block and pulled into an apartment's parking space and the car died again, at least off the road now. Took the battery home and am gonna borrow neighbor's charger tomorrow and hopefully on a 100% charge i can get the car to my house (~2mi)
So what do you guys think the problem might be? I'm pretty damn sure its my alternator, but i don't know what the at oil temp, stop lamp, or "brake" lights would have to do with it?
extra: only thing i can think of out of the ordinary that happened with the car is that i took the interior fuse cover off to loan someone a fuse and instead of putting it back just put it in my glovebox... is there a particular fuse that i may have knocked loose that caused this?
So today i was on an L ride and my radio started turning off and on and i just figured i fucked up my wiring... then a few minutes later i noticed all the idiot lights were gone and i was slightly relived until i realized my gauge cluster wasn't lit at all and i hauled ass back to my friends house to drop him off and the car died right in front of it.
He jumped my car with his sister's figuring if i stayed moving i'd be alright (which i now think was a false assumption as the lights seemed to get brighter and then dim again regardless of speed) and i hauled ass as fast as i could towards my house, and hit a red light car started to sound like ass and by the time i got through the intersection, it seemed to be running on 2, and then 1 cyl, barely moved even at WOT made some lame noises and finally died. Called up a friend to jump me and it started and i hauled ass about a block and pulled into an apartment's parking space and the car died again, at least off the road now. Took the battery home and am gonna borrow neighbor's charger tomorrow and hopefully on a 100% charge i can get the car to my house (~2mi)
So what do you guys think the problem might be? I'm pretty damn sure its my alternator, but i don't know what the at oil temp, stop lamp, or "brake" lights would have to do with it?
extra: only thing i can think of out of the ordinary that happened with the car is that i took the interior fuse cover off to loan someone a fuse and instead of putting it back just put it in my glovebox... is there a particular fuse that i may have knocked loose that caused this?