Actually now that I think about it, when my yellow top battery died after only a year or so it did a lot of crazy things which I had no idea what the problem might be and it was just the battery, hope that is all that it is.
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Actually now that I think about it, when my yellow top battery died after only a year or so it did a lot of crazy things which I had no idea what the problem might be and it was just the battery, hope that is all that it is.
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thanks guys! last night before bed i started thinking maybe it was the battery, then woke up to see all these posts about battery, so that gives me hope, i also called Merlin and he thought it was a short in the engine wiring harness, but that it could very easily be a battery
luckily i used my stock battery in the workshop and kept it charged at all times so im gonna go throw that sucker in and hope for the best.. ill report back when i know...
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well new battery didnt do anything.. if anything it made the problem worse.. with the new old battery, the problem happens on startup, before it was after revving over 2k rpms
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Could've reset something in the ECU when you unhooked the battery, might be time to consider troubleshooting it. Any VX's near you that you could borrow a known-good ECU from to test?
CAVEAT: I'm not anything close to a mechanic, just had a few bad experiences with batteries, alternators, and ECUs now.
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Wow... sorry to see that dude.
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Dang Son - that is a sorry sight. Keep us up-to-date.
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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I had all kinds of electrical problems when driving home from bowling one night.
VX would stall, lights would go on and off, electrical gages would go haywire.
Took it in and had the battery replaced.
Solved the problem. I would have never guessed the battery.
If Florida, I have been replacing the battery every 4 to 5 years because of all the heat in the summer.
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Sorry to hear about your troubles.
I had a similar symptom when I first bought mine. Driving down the freeway the entire VX just went black. It was like someone just pulled the plug on me and I coasted to the side of the road. Restarted and everything was fine. About a week later at a McD's drive through, it happened again. This time I couldn't go anymore than about 10mph at around 3k rpm... pulled over shutdown and restarted, and everything has been fine since then...
I wish I knew what it was that caused this, but it has been 3 years since that incident...
Good luck on getting her back up and running. Makes me worried knowing that our VX's are having these random problems, even when we do so much to keep her maintained.
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id had that problem before too.. related to fuel pressure regulator or fuel filter i believe because when i replaced those two, the problems went away entirely.. my issues feels just like that.. except for the surging idle and voltage spikeOriginally Posted by Knigh7s
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Etlsport,
Wow, I was going to say start removing your modifications until it runs right again but, after looking at the picture of it on the truck I just don't have the heart. Especially since it is the same as my 2001 Kaiser....
Good luck my friend.
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thats basically what i did, disconnected all aftermarket accessories from the battery, removed aftermarket alternator, removed optima battery
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Hi eric !
It's a sad pic there man;I strongly believe what marlin told you about the engine wiring harness.
Hope the shop get your horse back on the streets very soon
Dakar was just the begining.
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chin up..keep us posted
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Eric,
I hope you get this fixed ASAP. It hurts seeing your 'cross up there on that flatbed, especially knowing how much you have put into it.
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