Anyone out there had electrical system problems with early Lexus’? I had an
alternator replaced a few months ago, then the battery. Thought my dying
battery problem was fixed but one morning she was deader than a doornail.
The alternator was an after market from Schucks. Mechanic is telling me I
should put a Lexus alternator in. Any ideas, other than bad alternator,
what might be draining my battery?
Thanks,
Tom
The alternator is easy to check, if it’s not putting some good voltage out,
it WILL cause a problem with a weak battery sooner or later. Also check to
make sure you don’t have any excessive current drain from anything in the
car (including any stereo or security systems).
The aftermarket alternators are somewhat of a crapshoot, but like I said
above, it is a pretty simple check to see if it’s working correctly or not.
Todd Matsubara
TM Engineering
http://www.tmengineering.net
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> Anyone out there had electrical system problems with early Lexus’? I had
an
> alternator replaced a few months ago, then the battery. Thought my dying
> battery problem was fixed but one morning she was deader than a doornail.
> The alternator was an after market from Schucks. Mechanic is telling me I
> should put a Lexus alternator in. Any ideas, other than bad alternator,
> what might be draining my battery?
> Thanks,
> Tom
Comment by admin — October 30, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
"Tom Zyrinski" <tommie…@hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:F9%R6.1021$eZ5.465491@news.uswest.net>…
> Anyone out there had electrical system problems with early Lexus’? I had an
> alternator replaced a few months ago, then the battery. Thought my dying
> battery problem was fixed but one morning she was deader than a doornail.
> The alternator was an after market from Schucks. Mechanic is telling me I
> should put a Lexus alternator in. Any ideas, other than bad alternator,
> what might be draining my battery?
> Thanks,
> Tom
You should have your starter checked. That can drain a battery also.
Comment by admin — October 30, 2009 @ 6:40 pm