brubru24 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 i left car at bosses house went to work in hawaii for 1 week came back. i had to jump start car. The rpms were all over the place. I tried to drive around block and noticed the voltage meter was jumping all over the place. then the windshield wipers came on by themselves the cd player started smoking and POOF cars dead. alternator? voltage regulator? any help would be great also i am kinda poor so cant get tested. Do u think it has a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subarule Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 i left car at bosses house went to work in hawaii for 1 week came back. i had to jump start car. The rpms were all over the place. I tried to drive around block and noticed the voltage meter was jumping all over the place. then the windshield wipers came on by themselves the cd player started smoking and POOF cars dead. alternator? voltage regulator? any help would be great also i am kinda poor so cant get tested. Do u think it has a chance? Sounds like it needs an exorcist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 fuse link fuses alt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thats what you get for going to Hawaii. Sounds like a critter may have helped himslef to a subaru for lunch. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Sounds to me like the voltage regulator (which is internal i.e. inside the alternator) went toast and cause the system voltage to go too high. Behind the battery mounted on the washer bottle is a black box with three wires in it. These are the fusible links. They must be tested with a multimeter to see if one is burned open. You can not normally "see" the burned open link. A alternator from a junkyard should be 25 dollars a fusible link maybe free at the same junkyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brubru24 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 yep voltage regulator and the wires from bat to fuse had a short thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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