mschultz373
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- Mar 11, 2020
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- dirty coast
thanks for that info. i didn't know that! that's likely the cause then.
the car is running fine mostly but I suspect there is an electrical gremlin. my battery is 12.7V static, idling unloaded at ~13.8V, but drops to ~13V under load - radio, blower, lights. my battery volt tach in the dash will even dip into the low orange at night with radio, blower, lights and turn signal on. additionally, I've had a couple instances, right after starting, where the car, under accelerations out of the hole, 'bucks' as though it lost power and then suddenly regained it. other times, at start, the idle will still have that rhythmic surge to it, like the power is cycling up and down.
I'm not too concerned, as I've only observed the 'bucking' twice in the past weeks - and I've done 3hr round-trips on highway without any issues. i can't find any loose ground or obvious wiring fault in the engine bay as of yet.
maybe i just let sleeping dogs lie.
the car is running fine mostly but I suspect there is an electrical gremlin. my battery is 12.7V static, idling unloaded at ~13.8V, but drops to ~13V under load - radio, blower, lights. my battery volt tach in the dash will even dip into the low orange at night with radio, blower, lights and turn signal on. additionally, I've had a couple instances, right after starting, where the car, under accelerations out of the hole, 'bucks' as though it lost power and then suddenly regained it. other times, at start, the idle will still have that rhythmic surge to it, like the power is cycling up and down.
I'm not too concerned, as I've only observed the 'bucking' twice in the past weeks - and I've done 3hr round-trips on highway without any issues. i can't find any loose ground or obvious wiring fault in the engine bay as of yet.
maybe i just let sleeping dogs lie.