Just did my first ever fix on a vehicle, Haynes manual saved

Congrats. Slightly odd you needed a haynes manual to replace a starter but w/e nice job. Buy more tools.

>>15141881
Thanks man!
Well I didn't even know I had to lift the engine to get to this thing, I've never ever touched the inner workings of a vehicle before

>>15141873
Did you go with OEM?

>>15141873
Good on ya, welcome to the wonderful world of wrenching.

>>15141904
no I got the costco brand starter for my car

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Nice job man, fixing your own car is very satisfying and makes you know and appreciate (or curse to hell) your car and the mechanics and engineering that lie beneath the bonnet.

My new EGR valve should be arriving maybe tomorrow or early next week. If that doesn't do the job, I'll have to take apart the intake on my DD in order to clean up the EGR passages. Not very difficult, but somewhat time-consuming and I'd probably need to find a new gasket for it, since my local parts store doesn't carry one for this particular engine.

>>15141899
OEM was 300€
Valeo was 110€
The choice was obvious

where to download haynes manuals?

>>15141873
Nice, that's a good entry level repair. The more you do, the more you'll realize what an absolute scam repair shops are. If you've got the time, tools and a good manual you can fix just about anything.

>>15141964
Tell me your model

>>15141945
yes, OEM

>>15141945
I recently had to choose between AC Delco $130 and TYG $55 starter on Rockauto. Went with the TYG. When it showed up, it looked exactly like picture of the AC Delco starter on Rockauto. Fucking OEM are substituting cheap parts so I always go with the cheapo now.

>>15141972
06 G35 Coupe

>>15141930
I had to clean out the EGR system and the valve on my tracker last month. It wasn't bad. Took a good few hours but not bad. Best thing was to have a couple pistol brushes of the right diameter and zip ties for the smaller passages. If your EGR valve gasket is metal, you can reuse it. Mine wasn't but it was only $2 for a metal one at the local auto store.

Fair warning though, if you're doing it because of a CEL code, it might not be that at all. Mine turned out to be the EGR solenoid. But the EGR stuff was pretty clogged up and really needed cleaning anyhow so I don't feel I wasted my time.

>>15142007
>not junkyard OEM for 30€
We can go cheaper.

>>15142064
Hard to find junkyard pieces for a Citroën BX

>>15141881
Those things are a godsend for anyone with basic mechanical knowledge but no clue.

My first fix with one was sorting out slack throttle response on my old Astra. I went in armed with the book and a can of WD-40, thinking I'd unstick the throttle cable.
Book then informed me there wasn't one, and it was throttle-by-wire. Poking at the pedal showed it was literally sticking, so I just un-gummed it.

>be a honda

>have to take off the fucking intake to replace starter

>>15142054
Yeah, the CEL has been on my ass for a while, throwing misfire codes at me. After checking the usual suspects (spark plugs, coil pack, filters, MAF etc.), I tried unplugging the EGR connector. Long story short, no misfire codes anymore. Leads me to suspect a sticking/faulty valve (have tried cleaning it, no luck) and/or clogged passages.

By the way, the nuts where extremely hard to unscrew, do they need to be screwed in the same amount of incredibly hard?

>>15142035
>06 G35 Coupe
http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/G35/Coupe/2006_G35_Coupe/

http://psedog.com/cars/fsm/g35/coupe/

>>15142386
Nah, it's usual for nuts and bolts to get stuck. Just make them nice and snug. You can use some penetrating fluids to help breaking things loose without potentially breaking them altogether.

>>15142386
no

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I just got my car back from the shop and the highbeams aren't working when I push the switch back for it to stay on. It works when I pull it towards me when it stays on temporarily. I looked under the hood and found the cables for it. The one I'm holding is the one that isn't working, and the one left of it is the one that works. The wires were in place properly and it's not working. How can I fix this?

>>15142420
nevermind I fixed it. I was doing the diagnostics while the car was off, and didn't realize I had to turn it on for the "stay-on" thing to function. Apparently it got fixed when I first removed the wire and put it back in.

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Should I get the Chilton or Haynes Honda Civic (06-10) manual? I want to start doing thing myself too. I'm getting mixed reviews from both

>>15142309
... so that's a 5 minute job to take off the intake, be happy it's not a z32 where you're taking off intake manifold

>>15142523
If it's just simple things like starter or intake then get a Haynes.
If you're going to have the car a long time and may do an engine build or rewire systems get a Factory Service Manual. They're pricey but they have detailed instructions on EVERYTHING. Torque specs, tolerances, some even include TSBs(technical service bulletins) and how to fix them.

>>15142523

Haynes. Chilton especially the older ones are like flipping through a fucking phonebook

>>15142342
>EGR
>not having a superior EGA
lol stay pleb

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I swapped a rear caliper that had seized this week. I cut my hand putting the handbrake spring back on but hey, only cost £20.

>>15141873

Congratulations. You did what is expected for an average intelligence human being capable of.

>>15142603
Fuck off faggot he fixed something on his car for the first time and should feel good about himself. I can completely dismantle diagnose repair and reassemble a fucking Javelin missile launcher, can you do that? Oh aren't you of average intelligence? Then shut the fuck up.

Good job op I'm proud of you

>>15142578
>>15142582
Thanks guys. Ordered. I'm quite excited honestly.

>>15142623

Yeah I could do that too. If grunts can do it, it's nothing extraordinary. And praising mediocrity only brings more mediocrity.

So yeah, nah. OP did nothing extraordinary.

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>>15142623
It does feel pretty momentous when you do something and get it right.

I never had anybody to teach me car stuff, had to learn from scratch and made so many fuckups on my car, but I can do basic servicing now and it's great to not be raped by mechanics.

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>>15142648
not sure if this is bait or not,
but fixing something on your car for the first time is fairly satisfying, even if it is as simple as bolting something on.
everyone's gotta start somewhere ya egotistic cunt

>>15141873
I pulled, completely tore down, rebuilt, and re-installed the engine in my motorcycle using only a pirated service manual, forum posts, and youtube videos as my guide. The amount of knowledge and resources available on the internet these days is pretty amazing.

>>15142460
>I had to turn it on for the "stay-on" thing to function

>>15142648
>Grunts
>implying

Dismantling internals and diagnosing faulty circuit card assemblies and solid state devices

Try again faggot

>>15142673

Sure. And I'm not against. Just don't praise something that anyone with half a brain should be able to do. He fixed something, good for him. Period. No fuss. Otherwise we fester in a septic pool of inepts being praised because they learned how to turn a wrench and screw a bolt.

>>15142623
Thanks! I'm a software developer and I've never even thought about learning mechanics, so I'm happy for this to be my starting point!
>>15142648
>>15142603

I know it's nothing extraordinary but it's definetly out of my skill set to diagnose and replace car components.

>>15142707

Now he goes deeper in an atempt to damage control. Hey buddy, guess what you only mentioned assembly/disassembly. And as it turns out, rather funny though, I can also diagnose electronics.

>>15142717
>I can also diagnose electronics
so can every iphone fixer in Chinatown

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>>15142711

Wow. Replacing a starter motor. You would have to be deaf not to hear it. You would have to be stupid not to know Google. You would have to be physically impaired not to be able to remove a couple bolts replace a part and tighten things back again.

Congratulations for not being an absolute stupid mongoloid.

>>15142729

trying to imply there are common electronics and then some other electronics that rely on wizardry

top kek

>>15142709
90% of the general population doesn't even know what a starter looks like or how to even begin going about replacing one. OP likely didn't either, I think he did a good thing and deserves praise for taking a risk, going out of his comfort zone, and learning something new.

>>15142731
OK, so now everybody that can't gather the motivation to learn basic starter level car servicing is an absolute stupid mongoloid?

Have fun running Android on your phone! Maybe you should've done like all inteligent humans in the world and have programmed your own operating system? It's easy for me so it should be easy for absolutley everybody!

>>15142741

90% of the population is stupid beyond acceptability

Praising someone for doing what any decent human should be capable of doing is praising those 90% of stupidity.

He did it. Fine. Good for him. End.

>>15142717
>I can fix forward looking infrared

>>15142709
Dis nigga never dun heard of positive reinforcement.

>>15142709
Where do you think you are?

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>>15142731
Also good job on calling seven billion one hundred twenty-four million two hundred thirty-six thousand three hundred people absolute stupid mongoloids

>>15142752

Yeah pretty much anyone that dwells in their stupidity with no interest in getting any better or knowing anything more is a pretty fucking stupid mongoloid.

The premise is exactly that. I'm no more incapable than Linus, Gates or anyone else. Given time, tools, and sheer will, I would also be capable of coding an operative system.

Should I be praised for it? In reality no, but given that coding an entire SO is tenfold more complicated than replacing a fucking starter, I can understand some praise there. Replacing a mechanical part on an engine which simply gets bolted on, no fucking praise to be given there.

Now if he managed to disassemble the complete started and overhaul it, now there could be some mitigation. As it stand, OP can go fuck himself. What he did even trained monkeys would be able to do.

>>15142778

Yeah and it's a fucking cancerous thing. It only lowers expectations and willingness.

>>15142788

And I won't retract a single word.

>tfw no Haynes manual for my car

It's a facelift Clio 3. They do a pre-facelift manual, but not the facelift. I want to do a heater resistor replacement but I literally haven't found a single forum post online to at least tell me where it is. They seem to be in different places in the Clio 1 and 2 but no one has at least documented the replacement on a Clio 3. I asked a Clio forum and they basically said to go and find a Clio 3 replacement or hope someone posts one. That was like a month ago.

I've looked at the process for various Renault cars and it seems to be either remove a bit of trim in the engine bay, unplug the old resistor, plug the new one in and replace the trim, or it's remove the whole dashboard, unplug the old resistor, plug the new one in and replace the dashboard.

The car is still under warranty, so I could just do it on the warranty, but I want to at least try and do it myself.

>>15142806

See here. Complete example of what those 90% of stupidity are.

Car is under warranty. Mong here doesn't have a jack shit of idea what hes doing, but he wants to do it.

Have fun voiding your warranty you subhuman.

Sure feels bus rider in here

>can take his time in his own driveway
>OP saves several hundred dollars
>avoids mechanic claiming extra problems
>avoids mechanic screw-ups
>knows exactly what part actually went in
This is top 10 percentile stuff, at least in my circle of acquaintances.

>>15142821

Then your acquaintances are pretty fucking low tier scum.

>>15142827
Who do you acquaint yourself with?

>>15142836
Fellow bus riders.

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>>15142754
>>15142799
>Yeah and it's a fucking cancerous thing. It only lowers expectations and willingness.
What kind of a shitty ass hater are you? I'm sure your parents never praised you either whenever you did anything well, so now your only purpose in life is ruining life for others.

i've got to agree with the angry poster dude... replacing parts on an engine is nothing out of the norm for what someone should be able to do...
i had a law degree, and was short on money, never worked on a car before, knew it was nothing more than a machine, got the workshop programs from vw, read a bit, just bought that lock tool, and changed the timing belt with the peripherals with no issues whatsoever... op changed a starter... that's not amazing.

>>15142860
OP didn't claim it was amazing so you must be projecting.

>>15142836

Not with many people I can tell you that. Precisely cause of that general stupidity that I can't stand.

No more than a dozen, very well picked friends.

>>15142852

Yeah, I got praise, when I did something above average. Not for fucking knowing how to tie my shoes. Parallax to an adult being able to change a starter, especially a man.

>>15142873
no arguments so you pick semantics?

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Wrenching on your own car is so rewarding

>>15142890

As it is not forgetting to breathe. Do you post about it on the web too?

>>15142894
>You did what is expected for an average intelligence human being capable of.
This is you isn't it? Who the fuck taught you English?

>>15142931

Self-taught. Clearly it isn't my 1st language. Yet you understood. How many languages do you speak?

>>15142852
kek

>child scores 95% on 5th grade pre-algebra test
>proud of achievement, shows parents
>parents shame child, tell him that "anyone should be able to do well on a 5th grade math test, that's nothing to be proud about"
>parents look at question he got wrong, tell him that he must be a fucking mongoloid for missing that question, it doesn't even require knowledge of the quadratic formula to solve
>thoroughly beat child for expecting praise, make him spend next week in the cupboard under the stairs

>>15142946
Oh wow do you have to post on the internet about it?

>>15142946
Three. Asshole sounds the same in every language, and it's pretty clear what you are.
>self-taught
Hope you work on cars better than you teach, faggot.

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>>15142890
kek, you're speaking to the choir m8

>>15142953

Only if smart asses try to, well, be smart asses.

>>15142969

Show us then.

>>15142990
>us
So you think you're multiple people now? That explains a lot. This is /o/ you faggot. If people want to talk about working on their cars, then so be it. There will always be some cocksucker that thinks they're better than everyone else, yet can't even change a tire because they don't even own a car.

>tfw dont have the money for tools
>tfw cant do anything and have nobody to help me learn
>tfw if anything fucked up on my car as a result of my poor repair id be fucked

>>15143005

You know more languages or not?

>>15143011

You've got Google, you've got Youtube. For most things you don't need more than basic tools. Only for serious repairs you would be needing some proper tools

>>15143053
I don't have basic tools.
And what if I want to modify my car to be better? If I could trade lives with any of you I would

>>15143109
You can get everything you need for a few hundred dollars over the course of a few years. Start small and only buy what you need.

>>15143172
Is there a good basic tool kit I can get for cheap? Just with everything I need to start out.

people think that knowing how to change a part on their car makes you a man

stupid monkeys dont realize that us white collar folk understand how to use our hands but we prefer to make 10x the money you do in a week than screw over our body
tards

>>15143181
You can find like 100+ piece socket, ratchet, and wrench sets that aren't bad for a (relatively) cheap price. That and a good screwdriver set with a bunch of different bits (flat, phillips, JIS, torx, allen) is all you'll need to start out.

>>15143183
>having such a fragile body that changing a starter, alternator, or belt literally "screws it over"

I'm glad I don't know that feel

>>15141873
>Haynes manual
not bad. Chiltons is sometimes better. cant hurt to have both.
Also check Ebay for actual dealer/factory shop service manuals for your make/model/year. Sometimes they can be had for a reasonable price if your lucky. and basically show everything possible.
Its like a complete graphical encyclopedia for your entire car.

>>15142590
>tfw your hand only cost £20

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>never done a repair in my life
>this is how my car looks like

the chassis is fine but the bodywork and rear suspension is fucked in so many ways i can't even comprehend how i'm alive . we all like to shit on the nanny state for making automotive safety regulations so strict , but if you get into a crash , you'll be thanking them .

btw if you are wondering how
>understeer into tree on wet road

well i'm not gonna be driving anytime soon .

>>15143230
Please, that crash didn't even look bad. You didn't even break any glass.

Fix the rear suspension, do some redneck body work, paint the car flat black and you're good to go familia.

>>15143230
How the hell did you understeer sideways?

>>15142952
That's the fags life story there anon

Fucking cocksucker coming to this thread and trying to shit on something that we on this board are proud of, just fuck off back to /r9k or /b while we all discuss The beginnings of this man's journey into mechanics

>>15143230
>cant ride on wet roads
>thinks safety regulations are a good thing if they ruin everything just so some stupid cunts can get away when they should've darwin'd themselves
fuck you.

>>15143230
>understeer into tree on wet road
i hope your not trying to blame that shit on the car. because that is actually just shirty irresponsible driving on your part.
you should work on becoming a better driver.
learn to read the road conditions and adjust your, speed, braking, steering maneuvers accordingly.
I cant tell you how many times i've been driving on a wet twisty road and some smart-ass in a sporty car passes me going way too fast for the conditions, only to see him rolled over and upside down in the ditch a few miles later.

>>15143230
Poor Golf:/ my corolla got smashed by a drunkard and I got a golf

Oddly enough, I got hit by some guy in a traffic circle in that same spot on my car (on the other side.)

>>15143241
Well mostly because i'm a garbage boyracer who thought he was hot shit but
>going on shitty country road
>see what i think is the main road
actually an unpaved industrial road whit a big as fuck ditch separating it
>swerve left so i stay on the actual , unmarked road
>ass hangs out because wet road + summer tyres = no traction
>make contanct with tree
>do a sick 180
> pull my heap to the side of the road
>have a short cry , than thank hitler for making VW and germeme engineering for being able to just walk away

>>15143262
>>15143255
it was my fault fully , it not like i'm saying that some dick decided to park his tree in the middle of the road , i was going 2fast on a bad road

>>15143270
well at least it wasn't your fault , unlike me who managed to order up a big mcfuckmyself all on my own . Car was a champ , if the road was half decent i would have gotten away with it , but alas , you live , you hoon , you wreck , you rinse and than repeat

>>15143288
well, sorry you and your car had a bad time. if no one was injured you got lucky and hopefully learned something.
sounds like "under-steer" is just another way to say, "i was driving to fast for road conditions and lost traction so i couldn't properly steer through the corner"

>>15143335
see
>>15143288
really not the cars fault . all driver error thankfully . and that shit i can work on

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my favourite are diagnostic flow charts
but they mostly only apply to old carbureted cars with distributors

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>>15143230
Here is some nice car gore . All the suspension bits i pulled off . Notice how i actually manage to bend the shock-absorber .The alloys where fine surprisingly .

>>15143365
Going to the pick 'n pull later?

>>15143383
nope fuck that , i'm ordering parts as we speak . i have no ideea wtf i'm gonna do about the big ass wing and the door , if i'm gonna go cheap and cheerful and repaint some bare parts or if i'm gonna cash out cause the suspension parts alone have bent me over financially . But i'd rather do this properly and know that the stuff i'm putting in is not garbage . So fucking glad the chassis is fine . Even the exhaust made it out alive somehow . The sound insulation is probably gonna be the most noticeable thing after the repair , cause i have no idea how to fix that and i've heard horror stories of tyre roar 4life

>>15143365
bro, thats not bad at all.

i've seen shocks that are bent worse on work trucks with regular use

>>15143408
How is an expensive new factory control arm better than one pulled from a car at the pick n pull?

>>15143461
The control arms however have some nasty bends in them . I'm just saying that besides the soulcrushing loss of my car i'm so fucking happy to be alive and well . Like i'm on top of the world and on rock fucking bottom on the same time . I just wish to get my car fixed and my head straight cause my family is really worried about me , they think i'm going bipolar with all the mood swings . I hope that wrenching my mistake will bring me some closure

>>15143472
I'd rather not risk it , i'm eastern European you see . I don't trust scrap vendors

>>15143505
Ah shit, that sucks br/o/. Here in the US where cars get totalled out by insurance companies for the kind of damage your car sustained there's an almost endless supply of cheap factory parts available from salvage vehicles.

>>15143109

Modifying cars is 90% waste of time and money.

Get a better car from start. Unless you get a car already on a good enough level to start with, they modifying it further is acceptable.

Modifying daily drivers and shitboxes is waste.

>>15143274

That's not understeer. That's oversteer.

>>15143230
the lower control arm is still intact so its not a very bad crash
> my family is really worried about me , they think i'm going bipolar with all the mood swings
sounds like concussion after effect
might want to have that checked out

>>15143230

Since you've got the sill bent inwards that qualifies has chassis damage and I hardly doubt you haven't got it out of alignment judging by the rear suspension damage.

I wouldn't touch that car before getting into an alignment rack and checking if it's worth to repair.

You can easily spend half the cars value doing a proper job. Yet, it's fixable, and excuding the body work, assuming very loosely that the suspension fixing points are on track, no more than a weekends work and that car would be on the road.

>>15143244

Cocksuckers are idiots like yourself that thinking changing an airfilter takes them into manhood.

>>15143408

Get a door from a donor car. Not worth the hassle. Remove the interior C pillar trim and work the metal.

What sound insulation are you talking about?

The worst part for fixing there is the sill.

>>15143505

Control arms are either good or they aren't. No need to be retarded on that.

>>15143530

Where he lives there are too. There's always a market like that everywhere. The only difference is the willingness to search.

>>15143548
>Modifying daily drivers and shitboxes is waste.

Nah, it's not so much about the performance gains (which may or may not be negligible), it's moreso about getting off the computer, out of your room, and doing something you enjoy.

>>15143575
cigarettes and alcohol are the medication i usually prescribe for this king of stuff . I'm not a depressive personality and i have no history of mental illness . Also i didn't hit my head cause i was wearing a seat-belt and braced myself

>>15143611

Read a book, get smarter, exercise, whatever. Anything is better than wasting time overvaluing plastic and metal.

If you had a future classic, or something out of the ordinary, then yeah, it could be justified. However, as said, with daily drivers and shitboxes that will be run into the ground in a couple years, total waste of time.

>>15143575
>>15143624

Are you a fucking idiot? You sound like a fucking idiot.

>>15143631
>it's a waste of time to do something I enjoy because someone on the internet said it is

>>15143505
>I don't trust scrap vendors
Is it fake parts you are afraid of, or damaged parts? Control arms can easily be inspected and if its bent or damaged the don't buy it.

>>15143648

People suicide all the time too. Why don't you do it too? Because it's fucking ridiculous. Just because someone else says something isn't worth, that magically doesn't make it good by opposite reason.

>>15143662

Who the fuck would fabricate fake control arms? You go to a scrap, you see a car like yours, you take the part out, inspect for damage and that's it.

Sometimes the logic on this board is beyond belief.

>>15143662
i've already ordered the parts , just want to play it safe . A also don't have a car to use so i can go to a scrapyard and pick up some stuff . It's not like i'm using your money , relax

>>15143688

Get on a bus. A taxi. Friends. Family car. Bike. For fucks sake. What an inept motherfucker. Enjoy paying OEM prices for parts you can easily get for a tenth of their original value. Stupid slav.

>>15143262
>I cant tell you how many times i've been driving on a wet twisty road and some smart-ass in a sporty car passes me going way too fast for the conditions, only to see him rolled over and upside down in the ditch a few miles later.


ITT: things that never happened.

What's with this angry faggot shitting up the thread? Fuck off nigger, don't you have a bus to catch?

>>15143698
you are so fucking salty i wish i could use you to get my electrolytes . Fuck off , i waste my money however the fuck i want .

>>15143677
You told me to go read a book. Is reading a romance novel or newest Twilight book any less of a waste of time than modding your car?

You told me to get smarter, by modifying my car I'll gain knowledge about how an engine works and how to wrench on and repair vehicles which is a valuable skill to have and will save me lots of money down the road.

You told me to exercise, I already go to the gym 3 times a week, I think I'm fine on the amount of exercise I get.

Seriously, modifying your own car is more intellectually stimulating and a better use of time than shitposting on 4chan at least so what the fuck are you even doing here?

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Replaced the seals on my GX's transfer case actuator, took ~4 hrs, replacing the seals was a 30 min job, resetting the actuator back to get rid of the dashboard lights took the rest. Niggers in the Lexus forum said it couldn't be done without replacing the actuator, bs.

I might sign up to that forum to help other fags get this done right.

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>>15141873
triple check everything
be patient

>>15143734

Read decent books. Not fast food literature.

Repairing and maintaining your car you get the same knowledge. Modifying a shitbox is waste of time.

>>15143789
Still doesn't explain why you're wasting time on 4chan if you're so keen on not wasting a moment and making every minute count.

>>15143789
At least I'm not shitposting on 4chan, getting assmad about people enjoying themselves about the basic repairs they did. Talk about wasting time.

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>>15143624
small brain injury or tbi often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed
and it is only really recently that more study on this matter has emerged in western medical practice

that you have not history of mental problems points somewhat towards a tiny injury
but it could just be other stresses in your life bought to the fore by the stress of damaging your car
it is always difficult to get to the bottom of such things

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>>15143631
value is not really worth discussing here

>>15141893
Starters are in a pretty tight and odd position

>>15146993
not on a chevy V8

>>15141945
>>15142014

Aftermarket parts are sometimes remanufactured OEM parts. Thats why they give you back some money if you send them or give them your broken OEM part. Fitment usually isn't a problem then, but the quality of a reman part will always be sketchier than a new OEM part.
My Camry has a reman alternator and starter, I guess I'll find out how long they'll last eventually.

>>15148360
Agreed, but the exception is TYG. All their starters are brand new, and I think they sell them to the OEM re-sellers as well.

>>15142007
>yes, OEM
Not when "OEM" parts are often cheapos in a different box these days.

Guys, OP here.
I think I screwed up and disconnected my alternator and now my car doesn't start after a whole day of driving. My alternator was always a little weird and my warning light came on, it dimmed on high revs.

Where should I start troubleshooting?

>>15142569
Same with my e90 :/ that was a nightmare

>>15149836
Step 1, check if alternator is connected
But seriously, does it turn over? Does it want start but can't?

>>15149914
It does start of I let it sit, but it acts funny and misfires, lights are all dimmed, voltage on the battery is 11,8

>>15149997
Thread is completely dead, but if you're with me, wattage is what counts here.
I would try an ECU reset (on a Miata it's just unplugging the battery for 15 minutes, then reconnecting it and letting it idle until it can idle without your foot on the gas (which it won't want to do)
If that doesn't fix it, check your distributor cap (if it isn't fuel injected, that is).

>>15152066
I think that's adressing the issue incorrectly, since my car works fine untill I start draining the battery.

If misfires only when I turn the high beams on when it seems it's about to die, also while replacing the starter engine the battery was disconnected for 4 hours.

>>15152066
Voltage is most certainly not irrelevant, and below 12 is FAR too low, should be about 12.5 not under any load. If it's been like this since he started having trouble, he should change the battery. Even if it doesn't fix it, it needed to be done anyway. Please don't spread your opinions as fact

>>15152830
Change the battery? It's relativley new.

-Get car dead for 15 years
-Change battery
-Starts, works, alternator light comes and goes, charges, works fine if kept revved up, driving on the motorway once a week keeps the alternator warning light away
-Starter motor breaks, change starter motor
-Alternator warning light is now bright red, like beofre it was just partially on, revving doesn't make it dim or go away
-Check voltage 12.5 drive all day
-Radio acts funny and staticky
-get home car won't start anymore, voltage 11,8

I could probably trickle charge it but that won't fix shit in the long term.

I think I disonnected the alternator somehow?

>>15152848
Oh I see. I thought the voltage had been that low since you started having issues

>>15152851
Sorry I mustn've explained the issue well enough, thanks for the tip though, I'll take note

>>15152830
voltage should be a stable 14.4 all the time if it fluctuates enough with engine speed to noticeably effect lights and shit or is far below that then your alternator or regulator is probably fucked
also 11.8 volts should be enough to start considering a healthy battery is going to be 12.5 to 12.9 volts and its probably lead acid and not agm meaning you dont have to worry about it having volts but no amps so it might be a wiring issue

>>15152848
You either have a short, or alternator isnt charging properly, most likely the former
Very easy to diagnose with a multimeter, set to current measurement and connect in series with positive battery lead, with car completely off. If you have a higher current draw than a few mAmps, theres a short somewhere.
From there to finding out where is it, just do some continuity tests across everything that has voltage supplied to it. If you cant find it, chances are its the wiring loom shorting with the body through some passage, and it will take a car electrician to find that.
Id start by measuring voltage at battery terminals, if less than 14v with engine running, its just a fucked alternator.

>>15142875
>especially a man
the "man rules" are bullshit and you know it

>>15141945
Valeo isn't bad at all. Most of my car's OEM parts are actually Valeo and I bought a Valeo clutch kit after finding out that OEM (100€) more expensive clutch kit was also Valeo.

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>>15153104
Damn alternator earth connector. Fixed and works fabulously now

>>15141972
1999 tahoe?