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May 21, 2010 | 02:41 PM

jerseydevil

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volt meter gone wild

2000 4.0 L volt meter pinned to the max, then drops down to normal. Any ideas?

May 21, 2010 | 02:44 PM

TrekkerJmm

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Originally Posted by jerseydevil

2000 4.0 L volt meter pinned to the max, then drops down to normal. Any ideas?

Hi & welcome to CF. I would put a volt meter on there and check it not running then running and see if its the gauge or the voltage is really that hi...Tj

May 21, 2010 | 04:25 PM

Dioxide

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I just experienced the same issue mine turned out to be a bad ground connection to the battery once I replace the terminal all was well. I also figured I would do the positive at the same time just for good measure.