First off thank you for reading this. I appreciate any help I can get. I am 21 years old and own a 1992 civic with 192k miles on it. Recently my battery light in my car has came on. I kind of figured that my alternator was going bad. I remember reading it in the manual when I got the car with 175k miles on it. I went to a gas station on my way home to see what they could tell me, they were closed and I went to turn my car back on and it wouldnt start. I got a jump and it is now parked safe. What I a, trying to figure out is...is it my alternator or my battery... im assuming alternator.

Also my cars RPM's seem to bounce when im in idle.... like in neutral or park... what is the cause of that.

A friend of mine an hour away is a mechanic, but he is unreachable. Im going to get a major service tune up on my car very soon. All I can think of is the following, my car has not been serviced in a while, the friend that owned the car bought it with 135k miles on it for 3 grand from a dealer, and its beena great car to him. He really didnt do any service to it besides like oil and tires and stuff like that no plugs or wires etc....what im thinking about doing is...

1. Spark plugs
2. Spark plug wires
3. Air filter
4. Fuel filter
5. Oil change
6. Oil filter
7. Alternator
8. Battery


Anything else you guys can thnk of? Much appreciated!!!

 

check all the belts to make sure they are good
check all the fluids and what not.

welcome to hcf

 

Just send the car to a garage and tell them to give it a complete tune up! Welcome to HCF!

 

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