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Help me Resolve the Saturn alt swap problem.

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acidreian

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Jul 18, 2011
NPR, Florida
Ok short story is.....

I have jays relocation kit i been using for months with stock alt.
but with a crappy alt its been dying because it cant handle the walbro the injectors the radio ect..

i got a 96 saturn alt from a sc2 unknown amp but stock alt.

i got the 2 wire harness with it with just L and F.

i did the crimp so i have both the stock mitsue and the gm pigtail

i installed the alt as posted for 1gs the simple way.

with success i had 14v to the bat but so i turned all the lights maxed the radio and checked volts was 13.2 not bad seeing as how it would have died if i turned all acces's on at the same time before.

so with feeling of accomplishment i put the car back together and went to sleep.

and i woke up for work and went to start my car and it was slow cranking but i remembered the draining issue. no big deal.

i got to work my cap for the system fried out so i quickly shut the car off and pulled the fuse for it undid the wires and started the car back up no problem then the PROBLEMS came...

the car started riching up to 11:1 for fuel the i went back to work. after work i start my ca its idling at 18:1 and only if i rev it it gos up to 12-13 luckly i living 3 block i get home and theres only 11 volts with the car on from the battery...

any one have a clue what happen?

the alt has no power coming from it with any wire combo.. is it died.
 
wow sir i have a hard time even understanding whats going on here. Try to stay specific not story after story.. why is the alt even relocated? why are you using a saturn alt? maybe im the wrong person to talk to cause ive never heard of someone doing this but i would buy a new 1g alt and get rid of your wiring mess oor whatever is goin on there. if you kno where the drain is coming from fix it right away. the car needs a consistent source of power not something shoty or a bandage fix.
 
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