[FONT=calibri"]I have had an issue with my rev counter needle bouncing around on a few occasions
[FONT=calibri"]A couple of weeks ago drove for about 60 miles with no problem at all, stopped for around hour and a half, then on the way home after only a couple of miles the needle started bouncing and did this all the way home to add to this, other strange things happened, the radio stopped on a couple of occasions, the sunroof seemed to operate quicker as did the window wipers ( hope this wasn’t just my imagination) at times.
[FONT=calibri"]Once home did a lot of research and found lots of potential possibilities it could be but first was check the reading at the battery, did this then reading when running, all spot on. Went and purchased a plug in (cigarette lighter type) voltage read out.
[FONT=calibri"]On Saturday I lifted the front carpet to gain access to the battery and it was obvious that liquid had come out of it, cleaned everything up.
[FONT=calibri"] Sunday took the car out for about 45 minutes, all perfect, stopped for half an hour then on the journey back within a couple of miles it started bouncing, when everything was normal the readout was 14.1 to 14.3 when the needle started to bounce the readout was between 17.4 to 19.4 as soon as the needle stopped bouncing the read out was back to normal.
[FONT=calibri"]To me it sounds like the voltage regulator so will change the alternator but is there something else that I should look at first?
[FONT=calibri"]A couple of weeks ago drove for about 60 miles with no problem at all, stopped for around hour and a half, then on the way home after only a couple of miles the needle started bouncing and did this all the way home to add to this, other strange things happened, the radio stopped on a couple of occasions, the sunroof seemed to operate quicker as did the window wipers ( hope this wasn’t just my imagination) at times.
[FONT=calibri"]Once home did a lot of research and found lots of potential possibilities it could be but first was check the reading at the battery, did this then reading when running, all spot on. Went and purchased a plug in (cigarette lighter type) voltage read out.
[FONT=calibri"]On Saturday I lifted the front carpet to gain access to the battery and it was obvious that liquid had come out of it, cleaned everything up.
[FONT=calibri"] Sunday took the car out for about 45 minutes, all perfect, stopped for half an hour then on the journey back within a couple of miles it started bouncing, when everything was normal the readout was 14.1 to 14.3 when the needle started to bounce the readout was between 17.4 to 19.4 as soon as the needle stopped bouncing the read out was back to normal.
[FONT=calibri"]To me it sounds like the voltage regulator so will change the alternator but is there something else that I should look at first?