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Low voltage at start until I hit the gas once!!?!?

   
Old May 14, 2016 | 11:01 AM
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Update; it was the alternator. Not sure why, but replaced and no problems.
 
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Old May 16, 2016 | 06:07 PM
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Sounds like it wasn't self-exciting a magnetic field. Once you increase the rpms the stator will feedback enough power to create a field and generate power to the electrical system.
 
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