electrical surge in lights help
 

my 97 lx when i drive it a night i notice u will leave the house and 2-3min after the head lights start flashing brighter along with the dash lights brighten

and go back to normal and it keeps going bright to normal gonig down the road runing a steady speed when i stop and sit there they dont do it.

my buddy has an 03 si that does it and the honda shop he took it to said it wasthe cars way a getting rid of extra power (if that makes sense to u)

i just wanted to know if any one else has a honda that does this or if somthing is wrong and i need to look into it, it has a 900amp red top optima battery in it

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

I would say your voltage regulator is shot. It's inside the alternator

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

some how u allways seem to post in everything i ask, but thats not a bad thing i apprecite ur help

thats what i was thinkin i just wanted to ask first.. dont have the money for a new alternator now so it can wait.... thanks

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

IDK. Guess you happen to outline your questions in the way I can understand ;)

I'd say get the used or refurbished alternator ASAP. You can run into more expensive problems with jumping voltage.

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

i dont drive the car that much any more since i have my beater i can probably get one in a few weeks, its done it for about a yr and a half since ive had the car

i never have any luck with used or reman parts i put a reman master cylinder on my truck one time and when i hit the breaks the all but locked when i got back home it was just rolling smoke like ive never seen from the brakes (wasnt but mabey 1/2 mile down the road)

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

Yeah, I would stay away from anything but new in your case LOL

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

hey i got another question for you my beater 89 hatch the gas gauge reads full all the time but this morning it came down to just under 1/4 tank which

was probably right, when it did i stop a the gas station and put10$ init thegauge went up to about 3/4 of a tank the slowly made its way back to

above full,i checked advance auto today for a fuel sending unit they said i had to buy the whole pump assembly to get that its 118$. is that what u

think it would need to fix it or is it mabey somthing else. the car sat for over a yr before i got it ive drove it for a few months, its got 235k miles on it

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

I think they are mistaken. I believe you need meter unit, #14 on this pic...

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

ok thanks again ill see if i can find that in my repair manual

RE: electrical surge in lights help
 

yw ;)