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Old May 27, 2018 | 02:06 AM
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Bad idle???

So I recently bought a new Stillen grounding kit for my sedan and changed the alternator. When the car is on park itll do a little baby misfire for about 4 seconds and idle normal. Then after a few monents later the car idles perfectly at 750rpm and then it drops to 500rpm and the motor shakes a little then go it goes back to 750rpm and it does that constantly. Any Ideas?
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Old May 27, 2018 | 10:05 PM
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Did you check battery water level
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Old May 28, 2018 | 01:21 AM
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U should be idling at 650 not 750
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Old May 28, 2018 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Did you check battery water level
I have an Optima Yellow Top, its gel and either way that shouldnt be the problem it’s something else but moving the grounding kit to different ground points didnt help and my i tested the alternator and its perfect. But idk what the problem is
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Old May 28, 2018 | 10:34 AM
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Make sure grounding bolts are set and dbl check alternator why a yellow and not red do you have stereo eq
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Old May 28, 2018 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Make sure grounding bolts are set and dbl check alternator why a yellow and not red do you have stereo eq
can you explain that again i dont quite understand. Thank in advance!!!
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Old May 28, 2018 | 01:25 PM
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He means, why do you have a yellow-top instead of a re-top? Do you have a stereo equilizer (or amp)?
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Old May 28, 2018 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by slartibartfast
He means, why do you have a yellow-top instead of a re-top? Do you have a stereo equilizer (or amp)?
Oh yeah. I have bags, amp, subs, basically alot of electronics in the car thats why i went with the yellow top
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Old May 28, 2018 | 04:28 PM
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Hmm wonder if stock alternator can support all that with 1 battery
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Old May 29, 2018 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Hmm wonder if stock alternator can support all that with 1 battery
the optima battery is known to handle way more that
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Old May 29, 2018 | 08:48 AM
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Not with that much running I would at least run 2 batteries or capacitors you're putting alot od strain on a stock system. If you have capacitors I'd check those to see if they are the issue
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Old May 29, 2018 | 02:42 PM
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Have your tried performing idle relearn?
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Old May 29, 2018 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by G37OB
Have your tried performing idle relearn?
how would you do that?
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