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Originally Posted by thomasmryan
Ultra...
Say your voltage regulator is bad and puts out 17volts, it won't take long for the electrolyte to gas off or heat up the battery to the point of swelling, ect.
In the other scenario, assume you have a dead cell or a cell low on electrolyte. Your voltage regulator will keep allowing higher and higher amounts of exciter current to try to get the lame battery up to voltage...which never happens because of the dead or weak cell.
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First part is true. Second part is true only in the case of a shorted cell. Not a common failure mode. My first gen Eclipse sucked at dealing with a deeply discharged battery. Regulator would take a dump every time. I finally modified my fourth alternator. Replaced the internal regulator with an external one from a Ford F150.
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Originally Posted by thomasmryan
When one downshifts in a not so smooth fashion, these little springs are being pushed instead of being pulled.
I equate that to roll starting where the clutch is the driving force instead of what is being driven.
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That's not going to hurt anything. They can handle it. Don't forget what's on the other side of the friction disc. It's the flywheel.
I'll hold off on the oil thing for now.
