On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Les Winters wrote:
> My 87 505 STI (V6) just started to act strangely. I drive mostly at night, so
> my lights are usually on all the time. Lately I've noticed that all lights
> (headlights
> interior and dashboard lights) turning from bright to dim about once a second.
> It's like someone would be playing with the dimmer switch, turning it up and
> down every second. It's not some loose connection, since it doesn't react
> to road bumps, it does it all the time, a little faster at higher RPM.
> I remember the same thing happening a few months ago, but it went away
> by itself the next day. Now it seems to be here to stay.
>
> Any idea what might be causing it? Anyone had similar problem?
> Is it the alternator going bad, or is there a separate voltage regulator
> somewhere?
>
> On my previous cars (Audi, VW) the Bosch alternators had replaceable
> voltage regulator/brush set in the alternator, so I didn't have to replace
> the whole
> alternator. Is it similar on the 505?
>
> Les
> 87 505 STI V6
>
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> Les Winters
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