I have to rev my engine up to 3k for the altenator to kick in. Would this be the altenator or a bad connection some place?

 

Could be either... drive the car to your local parts store (Napa would be best) and have them do a load test.

 

Was gonna that tomorrow. If the altenator isnt faulty. Is it diffecult to re wire the altenator. Never done this before.

 

just thought i'd toss this out there.

you might think about replacing battery cables either way, made a big difference on my car and its cheap

 

Thanks niku, ill pick some up when i take in the altenator

 

Don't take out the alternator... drive the car to them & have them do a load test on the car.

You want the test to be real world, not a bench test (the Autozone bench tester is 100% INACCURATE).

 

hahha thanks nismo

 

I cannot agree moar... I just did an alternator upgrade with a junkyard alternator... took it to two different Autozones, faild at BOTH... I took it to a Checker/O'Reilley's though, and it passed... finally put it on the car today, and it works just fine lol.

 

Both AZ's failed? Interesting... I've never had AZ EVER fail an alternator. It could be on fire, bleeding human blood, and putting out negative voltage, and their machine would still say it passes.

 

^that's because everything is backwards in Utah.