michaelm610

freshly swapped Ka24de, from a Ka24e, have engine harness ECU, MAF, tach,So the car was running all day 2 days ago without a problem, except at stops it would idle from 800-100 and stall, even when I was driving and pushed in the clutch to come to a stop it would stall, I figure that is the fuel filter. That night I was driving home and my headlights shut off and my car was bogging out, I just made it home before it died. The next day I went to start my car and it didn't crank, charged the battery drove it to a shop, tightened the positive on the alternator and the car drove healthy for 3 hours, I also had a Voltmeter installed the volts were at a constant 13.5. I checked my alternator by turning everything on, lights, sub and it would drop to 12V then back up to 13V. Turned my car off for an hour, went back turned it on and drove it down the street and my voltmeter dropped from 12V to 10V then eventually died, I tried to bomb start my car and all the electronics turned off and the engine just sat at 500 RPM and sputtered until it stopped. Today I put a charged battery in my car and drove it home, as soon as I turned it off it wouldn't start again. Today I put 14 gauge power wire from the alternator POS + output to the POS+ terminal on my batter then I ran another ground off the NEG - output on the alternator to a bolt on the intake manifold. Also my engine ground comes off of the same bolt on the intake manifold and goes to my battery. I tried bomb starting my car again after wire replacement, and it did the same thing, all the power went out on my dash, it sat at 500 RPM and sputtered and eventually died. What is going on? can I ground my engine and alternator on the intake manifold? How could my alternator be done if it was working fine for 2 days? its a new alternator my car was running like a champ the other day.

KiLLeR2001

Theres a little black ground wire that is suppose to bolt into the back of the alternator. You should see a couple threaded holes in the back of the alternator where a wire goes. The head of the bolt is 8mm, its a real fine pitch thread bolt.

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