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Kerry Breakwell Posted on May 22, 2015
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Is this an ECM problem?

New Alt been working fine now the other day the battery light come on and off. When the light is on the charge voltage 16.68 When its off the charge rate is 14.35. So consequently the battery is boiling.

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No, not the ECM. Replace the alternator. The ECM fields/grounds the alternator to work. The ECM monitors the voltage and sets the light if voltage is to low or to high. Since it puts out 16+ volts the ECM is still working. The regulator in the alternator is bad.

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