Hey everybody,
I'm having a somewhat weird issue that I think may be a failing alternator. Although feel free to correct me or brainstorm with me if I am wrong. I'm just looking for a little confirmation before I start buying up parts.
The car in question is my 86 MR2 and it has the original 16V 4AGE. Under hard braking and sometimes sitting & idling, the brake, battery charge, and cooling fan warning lights will come on briefly and go back out again. This does seem to effect my battery charge gauge while it's happening (needle gauge, separate from the warning light).
I've checked for the usual culprits, loose wires around the alt, battery, etc. but no dice. The alternator was used when I installed it a couple of years ago, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was finally on it's way out. I remember having a similar situation with the dash lights at that time, but I thought there were more of them the first time the alt went out. I think I described it as "Christmas on the dash".
Anyway, thanks in advance for the input.
