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Ever seen an alternator fail like this? No charge, no battery light. Metro problem of the month! SOLVED!

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12-04-2019, 02:52 PM	#41 (permalink)
MetroMPG Batman Junior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada Posts: 22,527 Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro Team Metro Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US) MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata 90 day: 54.46 mpg (US) Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec 90 day: 70.75 mpg (US) Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base) 90 day: 62.14 mpg (US) Thanks: 4,078 Thanked 6,976 Times in 3,612 Posts	Epilogue... Irony? I drained the battery in the Mirage recently because the car has a bug in the PCM software that will cause the engine to flood if you do a cold start in freezing temperatures but then shut the car off shortly after (30 seconds in my case). So I cranked it for too long before I remembered the correct "flooded engine starting technique", known by Mirage owners everywhere. The Metro's perfectly functioning alternator allowed me to get the Fancy Metro going again. __________________ Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage. Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown EcoModder has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget