Hey Guys,
I am new to the forum so please be patient as i am just learning about Corolla's..
Recently, I the battery light in my AE92 Corolla Hatch has been coming on infrequently, for example, i went to lunch today and it came on for a second then went off..
I have upgraded "the big 3" - Battery pos > Alt pos, Battery neg > chasis and Chasis > engine block with 0 Gauge power wire and fused the Alt pos to batt pos.. yet still i am getting the light ..
I have also bought a new battery and changed the terminals completely
I am a tad worried one day it will just kick the bucket..
The current alternator is 50A and the one that was in there before that died was also 50A .. I have a 70A alternator sitting on my bench at home and was wondering if there is anything else to do besides change the alternator first ? or do you all agree it is either the alternator/ regulator (or rectifier depending on what you all call it)?
The engine is a 4AFC (Carburetor) with A/C etc etc etc
I have noticed when i meter the battery while idling with the A/C on and pretty much everything it VERY rapidly drops to well below 13 Volts ..
this obviously is not normal so is it just the piss weak alternator causing this ?
I was told the non A/C versions of my car had a 50A stock alt whereas the A/C versions have a 70A..