Dinkie Diesel
01-03-2003, 11:44
I just had my truck back to the dealer for 2 separate concerns. The alternator is pushing 14.5+ volts and I still had an occasional engine surge when pulling into a parking space. I know this topic was covered before. I would pull up to park and it seemed like the engine would give itself a quick blip of the throttle. Kind of scarey when you're in close proximity to another vehicle. It only happened once or twice a month. When I picked up my truck the work order said they had re-programmed the transfer case programming. Is there such a thing? I don't think it is my imagination when I say it made some nice changes to the way the truck runs. It seems to have more power/throttle response, idles smoother, and sounds more even in the ticking produced by the diesel. I have already had the ECU reflashed a long time ago.
They told me my batteries and charging system are fine and they said it was charging 14.1. I opened the hood before I left their lot and put my digital meter on it and it said 14.5. It had cranked rather slow that morning I took it in. And it cranked slow the following morning after they said all was fine. I wasn't satisfied so I took it to my work where we have a load tester. I isolated the batteries and the passenger side would drop to 8 volts under load. Back to the dealer and they promptly replaced the bad battery. Alternator is still pushing 14.5 or more volts. Don't you think this is going to ruin more batteries? :confused:
They told me my batteries and charging system are fine and they said it was charging 14.1. I opened the hood before I left their lot and put my digital meter on it and it said 14.5. It had cranked rather slow that morning I took it in. And it cranked slow the following morning after they said all was fine. I wasn't satisfied so I took it to my work where we have a load tester. I isolated the batteries and the passenger side would drop to 8 volts under load. Back to the dealer and they promptly replaced the bad battery. Alternator is still pushing 14.5 or more volts. Don't you think this is going to ruin more batteries? :confused: