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Originally Posted by orange4boy
Hondahound,
Something you might want to try is the engine load at idle with all accessories off then try it with blower fan, defrost, low beams highbeams, turnsignals, brake lights etc. This may give you an indication of alternator load and how that affects idle and driving fuel consumption. To check residual load you could unplug your alternator.
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Ok, I'll try that this weekend. But, I think I'll pass on unplugging the alternator. I'm not really a car guy so finding it, unplugging it, (even though it's probably easy) is not something I want to do. I'll keep my hands clean on this one.
