Ok so heres the story. I own a 92 with 219,xxx KM. Only mods are, wheels, air suspension, and bodykit.

Everything has been fine until 20minutes ago. I went to start up the car, and all my dashlights turned on except for check engine light. So i started driving hoping it would turn off. I got to the gas station, filled up and started it again. It seemed like it had a bit of trouble starting up.

Now, the motor will rev up and down from 1-2k rpm by itself. All my lights except CEL is on. Radio wont turn on, headlights don't work, seems like a lost half my power steering. Lost power to telescopic steering. Their is also a funny smell around the abs module(beside the power steering reservoir), kind of like burning plasic.

My question is, has anyone had any of these problems? And where should i start checking?

Thanks

 

Did your alternator go out? It sounds like you're losing power, and I mean electrical. quick test would be to remove the neg terminal from your battery while its running, if it dies, your alternator is out.

 

mine did the same thing... my alt was bad. literally just gont done modding a 94 alt to fit on my 92 yesterday.

 

Hm ok, i just searched for a bit. It is most likely power steering fluid dripping onto the alternator and fried it. Looks like i have to look into the powersteering leak now.

 

This is what happened with my alt. when it died, except all my dash lights didn't come on until I ran the battery down to nothing while driving. Then I'd change to a fully charged battery so I could finish driving home. The smell I had (like yours) was the PS fluid spraying onto the exhaust. Get that PS leak fixed before you change an alternator and fry the new one.

 

Same problem I had. I saw a small leak on the hose above my alternator. I had to change my alternator like 2-3 times lol.. good thing we own a alt/starter rebuilding shop haha..