Well, here is my situation...on my way home from work, i noticed that my voltage guage was reading a little low, it was 8pm so it was dark out and my headlights were on *go on automatically* and as time progesses the meter continues to dip lower and lower until eventually the "check guages" light comes on...i realize now that i am running off just the battery and my dash lights continue to dim, and my directionals blink slower and slower, eventually i am just a hair above a dead battery my headlights were out, the abs light came on, the brake light came on the check guages light came on, and the SES light was on(ses light has been on for a long time cause my electric fan is dead and was throwing a code, 1 out of the 2 still worked and didnt impact the cars performance) So now i am thinking it is the alternator, which was causein me to run off the battery...i cant check the codes..cause i dont have a predator or anything Does this sound like an alt problem? If yes then what type of alt would you recomend replaceing it with? or could it be that something was causeing the battery to drain? I just barely made it into my driveway the car was sputtering and almost stalled out. I have a 98 LS1 M6 Camaro SS. All stock except for mods in sig. thanks

 

Easy enough to diagnose. Either charge up the battery, start the car and apply a voltmeter to the battery. If less than 14 then alternator. Or just pull the alternator, take to Autozone (or your favorite auto store) and have them check it.

Good luck.
Tony

 

It the alternator. No question.

 

almost 100% sure its the alt, same exact thing happened to my 98 v6.....

cory

 

thanks guys just got the car back today 324 dollars later my car is back on the road