HELP HELP battery light HELP HELP

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johnny p. - 08 Apr 2008 01:41 GMT

Hey everybody, what does it mean when the battery light comes on? Is it
the battery, the alternator, something else, is there any way to check?
If I had got a manual with this thing I probably wouldn't be asking you
this question.

Yours jp

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XS11E - 08 Apr 2008 02:44 GMT

> Hey everybody, what does it mean when the battery light comes on?

It means the alternator isn't charging the battery.

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johnny p. - 08 Apr 2008 04:14 GMT

> It means the alternator isn't charging the battery.

Thanks a bunch for your quick reply. I was going to replace my battery
but now it appears that the likeliest culprit is the alternator, and I
can probably put off replacing the battery for another year or two. The
reason I say that is the car turns over, and I assume that if the
battery were so deteriorated that it couldn't be charged it wouldn't
have enough juice to do that. The battery light only came on once, at
idle, and it shut off when I revved the engine, so with any luck I
should be able to drive it to the mechanic's.

yrs jp

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XS11E - 08 Apr 2008 04:47 GMT

>> It means the alternator isn't charging the battery.

> The battery light only came on once, at idle, and it shut off when I
> revved the engine,

Maybe you have a lose belt and it slips when you first start the car?
Check the belt tension first, it's almost free to adjust, you'll only
be out some skin and a little blood.... <G>

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