couple more things..
called two dealerships in cali (anitas fav place in monrovia and one other place) both mechanics said WTF?
called the lead tech at my work.. he also said WTF?
and im not throwing a CEL even when the symptoms are showing up
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couple more things..
called two dealerships in cali (anitas fav place in monrovia and one other place) both mechanics said WTF?
called the lead tech at my work.. he also said WTF?
and im not throwing a CEL even when the symptoms are showing up
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odd problems sorry. outside of the electrical gremlins that sounds like what happened to me when one side of the muffler broke off and the O2 sensor was killing all performance.
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this sounds sort of like a problem I've been having. I posted about it a few months ago. Mine was only when I would first start out but my amp and stereo would cut out - complete 0 power - idled fine until I would give it gas and suddenly no power, abs light would come on, and the power would surge on and off.. it was a random issue so was hard to trace. I tried wiggling wires to no avail. Sometimes I would turn the headlights on and amp would go off,,, very frustrating.. it would work itself out after a few seconds so it wasn't as serious as what you're describing. It would happen randomly for a several days, then be fine, then bad for a day etc, I never knew when it was going to happen. I had the alternator checked out - was fine. Then one day a few weeks ago I went out to go to work, turned key,, click, dead battery... grrrrr so we hooked it up to the battery charger, went out about half hour later turned key,, NOTHING.. bigger grrrr.. pop the hood and the battery is fried.. leaking all over! The battery was about 3 yrs old with a 75 month warranty. So to end a long story.. I replaced it and have not had the problem since. I'm still baffled as to why but happy that it seems to be fixed. Hope your problem turns out to be as simple..
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well i cant help you much with the problem, but i can tell you that if your battery is putting out over 14 volts you amp will shut off to keep from blowing up....
test the alternator and the battery...those are my suggestions...
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That's what I was thinking. Something is overloading the electrical system. I'm no expert, but I have a scanguage and mine always reads around 12v iirc. When I flip my roof lights on I see it go to like 14v or so. I have never seen 18v...Originally Posted by pbkid
Good luck, Eric!
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also check any connectors to the back of the alternator for corrosion. I had gremlins in a Trans Am that turned out to be corroded connectors and the corrosion was "not easily noticed". It would vary from overcharging to undercharging and back to normal charging as the electrical system tried to compensate for bad connections.
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Check to see if your battery is warm to the touch and/or the sides are bulging out. You may have an internal short in your battery which can cause a lot of problems. It happens often with aftermarket batteries.
Hope you get it all worked out.
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Etlsport,
can only make an educated guess without a lot of diagnostics, but it sounds like your alternater, or voltage regulator, might have farted a voltage spike and caused your ECM to shat itself.
You would need to have a scan gauge connected while running and problem occuring. If I am right, the readings would be all over the place, if there at all.
Running ok below 2500 RPM sounds like a limp home mode built into most ECMs.
Good luck, and please keep the fam informed.
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