Electrical problems? Headlights flicker
03-09-2007, 02:05 AM
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Electrical problems? Headlights flicker
I've noticed 2 problems with my 965 recently.
1 - if the car has sat a long time (more than, say, 8-10 hours), it can be difficult to get it to turnover. It will generally stall out if I don't apply gas. Sometimes, I feel like I have to apply quite a bit. However, it always starts in the end. It feels like it is starved for gas. Once I get the car running, she's fine.
2 - Now, when my headlights are on (normal, not high beam), they will cut out for a very short while (fractions of a second). It seems to happen randomly every 1-3 minutes. It does not appear to be related to the smoothness of the roads. I cannot jiggle the lighting lever and make it happen. It just happens.
I've done a search and found people have had different problems with flickering headlights, but I couldn't find one like this.
Any idea what I should have checked? Thanks
Frank
1 - if the car has sat a long time (more than, say, 8-10 hours), it can be difficult to get it to turnover. It will generally stall out if I don't apply gas. Sometimes, I feel like I have to apply quite a bit. However, it always starts in the end. It feels like it is starved for gas. Once I get the car running, she's fine.
2 - Now, when my headlights are on (normal, not high beam), they will cut out for a very short while (fractions of a second). It seems to happen randomly every 1-3 minutes. It does not appear to be related to the smoothness of the roads. I cannot jiggle the lighting lever and make it happen. It just happens.
I've done a search and found people have had different problems with flickering headlights, but I couldn't find one like this.
Any idea what I should have checked? Thanks
Frank
