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What was the solution for the amp light on startup??? 140-160

posted by  Kane on  Thu Mar 17 20:26 CST 2005
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It's not a GM alternator, is it? My P220 has the SWEM conversion, and it'll do that. A quick tap on the gas, and all is well again.

How's your battery? If one cel is dying and runs dead after putting out the juice to start the car, then such is a possibility. At slightly higher rpms, when the alternator is putting out more amperage to top back up the voltage, the light goes out. Without computers, cars can still run at lesser voltage.

-- Kane ... one time, in my dad's carburated Toyota pickup, he didn't even know that it was running on 10V, because everything was still working fine!
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