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Low voltage

Posted: November 16th, 2015, 7:53 am
by Junglekat90
I have a 4.7L obd2 swapped into my 1990 yj that had a 4.2L. Since the swap i have noticed that the volt meter is running around 10-11v while running and drops down to 9-10v when I have the headlights on. This has been causing rough idle when Im stopped at a light. Ive read some places that it could be a bad battery. The battery should be ok but it is something I need to check out. Im wondering if there is anything else that may be causing the problem.

Re: Low voltage

Posted: November 16th, 2015, 8:56 am
by SilverXJ
Have you checked the voltage with a meter?

If that is the true voltage I would look at the alternator.

Re: Low voltage

Posted: November 17th, 2015, 11:06 am
by Junglekat90
battery reads 13v while running and alternator also reads 13v. the gauge was reading below 10v.