Re: 505 electrical problems

Rick Matteis (rick.matteis@arris-i.com)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:33:59 -0400

It was happening to me last year (for about a year). Not only the dash
lights, radio lights, etc, but also the headlights were flickering (very
annoying). I believe the alternator is intermittant. I had mine checked,
and everything checked out OK (mechanic probably tightened/cleaned
connections). Now I don't see the flickering anymore.

Rick.
1987 505 STX V6

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lill <jpl@vectorbd.com>
To: Les Winters <lwinters@midiworld.com>
Cc: peugeot@padui.org <peugeot@padui.org>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: 505 electrical problems

>
>Do the lights on the console window switches also do it?
>
>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
>>
>> --
>> Les Winters
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>> http://midiworld.com/quadrasynth/ (The QuadraSynth Pages)
>>
>
>
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