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sperry · 2008-07-30, 01:35 PM

According to the test machine at Pep Boys, the problem is the battery.

My guess is that both are bad at this point and the tester can't be sure.

So I replaced the battery (for the 4th time now IIRC), but this time with a regular Bosch battery instead of an expensive Optima or Orbital. The voltmeter is still reading ~11.6V at idle and ~13.0V at speed. Since I was short on time, I didn't have them re-test the car w/ the new battery... I guess I'll have to do that some other time. I bet the test comes back with "regulator bad" the next time around.

2008-07-30, 01:35 PM	#14
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	According to the test machine at Pep Boys, the problem is the battery. My guess is that both are bad at this point and the tester can't be sure. So I replaced the battery (for the 4th time now IIRC), but this time with a regular Bosch battery instead of an expensive Optima or Orbital. The voltmeter is still reading ~11.6V at idle and ~13.0V at speed. Since I was short on time, I didn't have them re-test the car w/ the new battery... I guess I'll have to do that some other time. I bet the test comes back with "regulator bad" the next time around. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?