raptorman |
01-30-2010 05:33 PM |
Electrical problem
Got a strange electrical issue I'd like some guidance on....Yesterday while driving to work, I had a very brief power interruption (all power clicked off and maybe a half second later kicked back on). When I parked my truck at work and shut it off, I lost all electrical power. The doors locks would not even operate. When I restarted it, it turned over, fired, then died. It did that about 4 times until I just mashed the pedal down and crank it. It finally started and as long as I kept the RPMs at about 1k it would stay running. If I let off the pedal it would idle out and die. As I was driving home after work, my gauges were tuning on and off and my dash lights were coming on and off. The engine stayed running but the gauges and dash lights were going hay wire. I thought it might be an alternator due to the fact I had to keep 1k RMPs to keep it running. So on my way home, I bought a new one and went home and changed it. This seemed to fix the problem for about an hour. I thought I had it fixed until I noticed the same brief power interruption as I was pulling out of a parking lot. Again I started experiencing all the previous symptoms. Any idea what it could be????? I would rather fix it myself than take it into a shop. Any pointers in the right deirection would be great
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