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1986 Camaro - Revving engine over charges battery and my power is flakey =/

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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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1986 Camaro - Revving engine over charges battery and my power is flakey =/

Hey 1 problem...
When I revved my engine the battery seemed to way over charge x/ So when I took it out um like it had hardly any power to it at points and again revving up slightly over charges it...
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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Re: 1986 Camaro - Revving engine over charges battery and my power is flakey =/

sounds like bad voltage regulator take alt off have it tested lf overcharging may have fried some ignition parts
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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Re: 1986 Camaro - Revving engine over charges battery and my power is flakey =/

Bought a new alty ^^ Fixed the over charging problem

We had my other one tested again and it tested fine but it was slightly warped etc Anyway the power lag etc I think mondays rain storm did that because I had to open my hood....lol poor distributor cap may be wet, I'll check it out tomorrow
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