spreadpanic
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Hello all,
Two weeks ago, my battery light started intermittently flashing. The flashes have started getting more frequent, and longer.
Multimeter to the battery says 12.5v with the engine off. When engine is idling, ~14.5v. When the engine was reved to around 2000 rpms, fluctuated between high 13s and low 14s, even while the battery light flashed several times.
There is a little bit of squealing around the serpentine area. Tensioner looks a little jumpy, but not as bad as I've seen in some videos.
After removing the serpentine belt, I found all of the pulleys to spin freely, or without much resistance, in both directions. There is a little bit of bearing noise in the tensioner pulley, but still a smooth spin.
As for the alternator pulley, it spins only counterclockwise when I put a screwdriver into the housing. I am met with a little bit of resistance, enough so it stops spinning as soon as I remove my hand.
Inside the car, I checked the fuses with the battery symbol, none were blown. Electrical is not my strength.
Is there anywhere else I should start looking into? Could it just be a computer/sensor issue?
Two weeks ago, my battery light started intermittently flashing. The flashes have started getting more frequent, and longer.
Multimeter to the battery says 12.5v with the engine off. When engine is idling, ~14.5v. When the engine was reved to around 2000 rpms, fluctuated between high 13s and low 14s, even while the battery light flashed several times.
There is a little bit of squealing around the serpentine area. Tensioner looks a little jumpy, but not as bad as I've seen in some videos.
After removing the serpentine belt, I found all of the pulleys to spin freely, or without much resistance, in both directions. There is a little bit of bearing noise in the tensioner pulley, but still a smooth spin.
As for the alternator pulley, it spins only counterclockwise when I put a screwdriver into the housing. I am met with a little bit of resistance, enough so it stops spinning as soon as I remove my hand.
Inside the car, I checked the fuses with the battery symbol, none were blown. Electrical is not my strength.
Is there anywhere else I should start looking into? Could it just be a computer/sensor issue?