So i've been through 3 batteries and an alternator since august and today i just had to have it towed home again costing me another 100+ dollars..... heres the real problem when i brake or use the flasher all the lights dim or cut out, i think its the alternator again but not so sure since i just changed it two months ago, and whatever it is keeps draining my battery!!! and im positive its not my battery because the light turns on but i may be wrong. If not i guess i could just throw a new motor in and hope for better days right? oh yeah i do have a leak little leak of oil coming from cylinder head cover could this be it causeing the alternator to be fried???

 

bad grounds could very well be your culprit especially the one that goes from the alternator to the battery. have u checked its continuity?

 

no not yet but that could be it because im always taking the negative off and just putting back on without really tightning it thanks!! im a check it right now

 

i tihnk a voltmeter is your bestfriend right about now bro start checking those grounds..

 

how about dirty/bad wiring, and not necessarily main components like alt. or batt? consider sears auto - they do a quick power check for you right then and there and if they fix it for you the diagnosis is free. but don't change the motor ($$$$$) w/o being 100% sure. i'm so sorry to hear the trouble ur going thru, i can just imagine. good luck

 

haha thanks guys mean much for me...no homo but yeah im going to cousins to borrow his voltmeter just looking for those dirty wires....maybe it died because i was flying through puddles today :0

 

thank you club lexus!!! unplugged the some wire from the alternator all greased up cleaned it and the other wires and now had the car running for about 20mins with lights and heater on

 

with the thread name i was expecting to see a destroyed sc lol :P

 

haah my bad but yeah got it running and smashing other cars already

 

I fixed a car on ClubLexus!!!!!!!!!!! yay! you were my 1st!

 

see ***** I told you it wasn't my PROFESSIONAL cornering light job! =)

 

I do experience this problem from time to time myself as well, I might as well check the wires near the alternator, Good looking out!

 

Also, check the base of your distributer. The o-ring at the bottom tends to leak oil onto the alternator and gum it up. 6 months after I bought my car the alternator went out. Then a year later the alternator went again because it was gummed up with oil. Changed it again, changed the o-ring and no problems since.