buzzing noise at idle
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buzzing noise at idle
when ever i ride around at night with all my electronics on my dash makes a odd low buzzin noise at idle. it stod once the rpm's reach 1.3k, anyone have a clue what it is? it will stop if it shut the car off and restart it.
Anyone care to take a guess at what this might be?
- Shawn
Anyone care to take a guess at what this might be?
- Shawn
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Most likely you alternator is on its way out ...
or the cabling ... (battery to alt, grounds, blah blah) ...
Check the voltage !!! that will tell you immediately.
or it could be something stupid like a bad connection somewhere ... example: too many keys on keychain causes ignition switch contact problem (probably nothing to do with your problem but just an illustration)
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or the cabling ... (battery to alt, grounds, blah blah) ...
Check the voltage !!! that will tell you immediately.
or it could be something stupid like a bad connection somewhere ... example: too many keys on keychain causes ignition switch contact problem (probably nothing to do with your problem but just an illustration)
Hugues -
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well i do think the alt is about to die, its from auto zone
i also saw that the postive wire on the alt is fried, brittled and missing plastic on it, i have a s5 alt sitting at my house i do belive they are direct swaps.
-Shawn
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well,ifound the source of the problem, its the cpu, i guess that means its about to die, and to top it all off i my u-joint went out and i found out u cant replace them u have to buy a new shaft......... Grrrrrrrrr...... not a good day
-Shawn
-Shawn
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well i do think the alt is about to die, its from auto zone
i also saw that the postive wire on the alt is fried, brittled and missing plastic on it, i have a s5 alt sitting at my house i do belive they are direct swaps.
-Shawn
well i do think the alt is about to die, its from auto zone
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Originally posted by rx_7_driver
well,ifound the source of the problem, its the cpu, i guess that means its about to die, and to top it all off i my u-joint went out and i found out u cant replace them u have to buy a new shaft......... Grrrrrrrrr...... not a good day
-Shawn
well,ifound the source of the problem, its the cpu, i guess that means its about to die, and to top it all off i my u-joint went out and i found out u cant replace them u have to buy a new shaft......... Grrrrrrrrr...... not a good day
-Shawn
Its definitifely your alternator not the CPU!!!
Had the same problem some month ago and the voltage regulator of my alt was bad. The CPU is just making the buzz because the voltage is to low. But it is not bad! Its the ALT!!!
Harry
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