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- Location
- Mission Viejo, California
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Mazda B4000SE
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0L V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Tire Size
- 15"
- My credo
- If it ain't broke, break it so you have to fix it.
I have a 97 Mazda B-4000 SE 4.0L V6 2x4, everyone knows it's the same as a Ford Ranger XLT Extra-cab just with a very slight difference in "box wrapping". I've had a lot of trucks, but this puppy is always surprising me with something new gone-wrong or warning. just recently maybe a couple months after installing a complete new AC system in June (compressor, all the hoses, evap, etc) under the hood (I'm only referencing this "in case" there is some remote connection) once in a great while the Battery warning indicator sputters (flickers), never stay on, goes off while accelerating or cruising and may never come on again for days, a week. However, the battery gauge "twitches", like a nervous finger the tiniest amount while idling at a stoplight or stopped traffic and goes steady when accelerating or cruising.
Two years ago I replaced the Alternator because it flat died, and I never got any of these odd indications before that crapped out, it just died suddenly. I replaced it with an after-market, can't remember if it was a Korean or Commie Chinese made unit, but I didn't buy the cheapest one either.
I put a VOM on the battery and had the wife rev the engine (not her) to about 2500 RPM and I get 13.4 to 14 Volts at the battery terminals.
What is going on?
Thanks, experts.
Two years ago I replaced the Alternator because it flat died, and I never got any of these odd indications before that crapped out, it just died suddenly. I replaced it with an after-market, can't remember if it was a Korean or Commie Chinese made unit, but I didn't buy the cheapest one either.
I put a VOM on the battery and had the wife rev the engine (not her) to about 2500 RPM and I get 13.4 to 14 Volts at the battery terminals.
What is going on?
Thanks, experts.
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