About 4 weeks ago, I bought a 1999 Ford Escort that was in great shape, and it has been great on mileage and nning in general. All of sudden, over the last couple of days, my car has been stopping wheniever i hit the brake, and the battery signal lights up, and i understand this as the battery life being drained. I would like to know, is there anything that I can do to make my alternator function better?
Am i not allowed to drive it until i get it replaced?
If i can drive it, tips on how to drive safe with it?
Thanks a lot.|||WHEN EVER YOU APPLY BRAKE IT STOPS
CALL YOUR MECHANIC TO CHECK WHETHER ALL THE SPARK PLUGS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
IF THERE IS ANY OIL ON THEM THE IGNITION WILL BE INCOMPLETE THERBY RESULTING IN LESS POWER AND CONSISTENCY IN POWER DELIVERY
IF IT IS OK
CHECK IF THE CARBON BRUSHES OF THE DYNAMO ARE OK IT NEEDS TO BE FEQUENTLY REPLACED AND IF IT IS NOT OK ELECTRICITY GENERATED WILL NOT BE PASSED IN THE CIRCUITS
THE CONNECTIONS ARE NOT LOOSE.
AND ALSO CHECK IF THE FUSE BOX IS OK N IN SHAPE
IF ALL THESE STEPS DO NOT PROVE TO BE A REMEDY DO WHAT YOUR MECHANIC SAYS
BUT BE SURE TO CHECK IT STEP BY STEP BEFORE DOING ANY MAJOR WORK FOR THE MECHANIC MAY NOT BE THAT CAREFUL.
USUALLY THE MECHANICS DO NOT TELL US ABOUT THE MINOR BODY WORKS THEY JUST SAY US TO CHANGE THE PARTS WHICH MAY BE REUSED IF TRIED TO BUT DONT SAY THAT IN FRONT OF ANYONE FOR U HAVE TO GET UR WORK DONE PROPERLY|||Sounds to me like the car is stalling out. The battery light will come on when the key is on but the engine isnt running. If it starts right back up, the problem is not the alternator. You need to get it checked and find out why it is stalling.|||Have you checked to make sure that the alternator is flowing power to the battery? Even a bad one will give something. This test is free at any auto parts store. If you get a 0 reading make sure your car has not blown an inline mega amp fuse to the battery. These fuses only cost like 5 dollars and are cheap to replace.|||The only fix for a bad alternator is to replace it. If you let it go too long you may drain your battery beyond the point of recharge and then you'll have to buy that too. You don't want to drive your car with just the battery charging everything with no help. There is no way to drive safe with it. Just replace it.|||Theres nothing you can do but either replace or rebuilt that altenator, you can drive it but I would not recomend it because with no altenator theres nothing charging your battery and it will kill your battery, if you want to gamble untill its fixed, I recomend charging your battery for 3 hours before driving|||IF your alternator does not work, it will not be recharging the battery. when your battery voltage drops far enough, there will be no spark and your car dies, you go nowhere. There's nothing you can do but replace the alternator, if you abuse the battery enough it will no longer hold a charge and you will have succeeded in killing that too|||well could be just a loose belt, to check the alt yourself just start the car then wile it is running disconnect the battery, if it is still running then the alt is doing its job it would be generating enough power, could be just a faulty signal or loose connection. and you can drive the car with a bad alt as long as it will go, but avoid driving at night if the headlights start looking dim.
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