Roxyred
86 X, 85 X, and 75 Spider with Abarth conversion
Hiya guys! This post pertains to my 86 Bertone 1500 FI
On startup, there’s the usual 5-10 seconds or so of warm up where the ExGas and oil lights are on, then you hear the relay located in the spare tire area click and dash lights go off, away you go.
EDIT: I was in the car yesterday and these two lights go off immediately. It’s the seat belt and brake light that take 5-10 seconds. I did confirm this, I misspoke and had the lights swapped. oil and oil pressure are good.
Yesterday while on a “nothing special” ordinary commute, when the revs dropped below 1300 rpm these lights came on and the relay started clicking. Engine revved above 1300, no problem. Car did not try to die, lurch, shudder etc, just lights and clicking. Also only occurred at a stop, not when moving (and therefore over 1300rpm).
Alternator gauge reads normal for load running all the things (low, near red, but at horizontal without all accessories going)
other things of note: it’s full on winter still here in Denver, so running heater on low, lights, and driving at night in cold.
I’m going to go in and see whats up with that relay cluster making the click, but am curious if you’ve experienced this and I need to explore something else.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
On startup, there’s the usual 5-10 seconds or so of warm up where the ExGas and oil lights are on, then you hear the relay located in the spare tire area click and dash lights go off, away you go.
EDIT: I was in the car yesterday and these two lights go off immediately. It’s the seat belt and brake light that take 5-10 seconds. I did confirm this, I misspoke and had the lights swapped. oil and oil pressure are good.
Yesterday while on a “nothing special” ordinary commute, when the revs dropped below 1300 rpm these lights came on and the relay started clicking. Engine revved above 1300, no problem. Car did not try to die, lurch, shudder etc, just lights and clicking. Also only occurred at a stop, not when moving (and therefore over 1300rpm).
Alternator gauge reads normal for load running all the things (low, near red, but at horizontal without all accessories going)
other things of note: it’s full on winter still here in Denver, so running heater on low, lights, and driving at night in cold.
I’m going to go in and see whats up with that relay cluster making the click, but am curious if you’ve experienced this and I need to explore something else.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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