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    a few days ago in my injector cleaner post i told people that after replacing my earth strap fixed all my problems and it made my car run good, since then ive only driven it twice and its fuxxzored. all contact points are clean and its on really good, but now the car is running really poorly and the headlights are flickering like the problem i had before i replaced the earth strap.
    also if u put indicators on u can see the arrrows flickering same with park light. this car is driving me insane. what could be wrong now?

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    It still sounds like a dodgy earth. Have you checked ALL of them? It is an interesting problem, considering its doing it on multiple circuits IE, headlights indicators and your cars running poorly. Im not sure i can help you mate. sorry.
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    check how much voltage your battery is getting. It should be getting above 13 volts or so. (alternators charge at 14.4 volts but lose it due to the resistance). Im only guessin this due to the lights. Good luck
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    dude, charge at 14.4V???

    may aswell say a 9V battery puts out 9.00834v

    off the battery voltage should be round 12V-13v, while running it should be anywhere from 13.5V-14.7-8v i think is what the regulator limits it to

    alternators are belt fed therefore the charge is related to RPM, we all know voltage isnt currnet :P therefore it could be charging at 14v and putting 0.050mA through

    get a multi meter on and test as the voltage is a indication of if its charging correctly but to know if its really blown you'll need to see a auto elec, i DOUBT its a alternator issue

    when batterys die they just tend to stall the car/not start

    have you checked your battery terminals mate??
    when i forgot to ground my coils properly (bolt was loose)
    it wouldnt go above 3000rpm and ran really rough

    sounds like a grounding issue, make extra grounds from coils, block everywhere

    however my brother had the same issues when his ECU died,

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    just saying what i learnt from a auto electrician when i did work exp there for a month
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    the battery is fine and the alternator is putting out the correct current.

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