So as the title says I just recently replaced my alternator. After replacing it I started the car up and it sounded good. I looked at the rpms and it was chilling at 500. Which, after a little researching, I know is too low. Also when doing a quick rev on the engine it sounds like it's going to die then gets up past 1k rpms and runs just fine. If I do a nice gradual rev it sounds fine as well. Also when doing the quick rev it sounds like one of my belts is rubbing (a squealing noise) . But I checked and there was no rubbing that I could see.
I asked my friend what he thought and he said he had the same problem on his cavalier and that it might be my TPS if I remember correctly.
I however think it might have been because when doing the alternator swap, I made the belt too loose/tight. Or something else.
It ran fine before the swap, before the alternator went out anyways.
So could this be because the alternator requires a break in period, the TPS is off, I incorrectly put the belt back on, or something else entirely?
I appreciate your guys' thoughts ahead of time. I'm kind of new to cars, as I'm sure some of you guys noticed just by reading my post, but I'm willing to learn.
Also I don't think there were any codes being thrown. I could be wrong however, and I won't be able to check 'til I'm off work.
I asked my friend what he thought and he said he had the same problem on his cavalier and that it might be my TPS if I remember correctly.
I however think it might have been because when doing the alternator swap, I made the belt too loose/tight. Or something else.
It ran fine before the swap, before the alternator went out anyways.
So could this be because the alternator requires a break in period, the TPS is off, I incorrectly put the belt back on, or something else entirely?
I appreciate your guys' thoughts ahead of time. I'm kind of new to cars, as I'm sure some of you guys noticed just by reading my post, but I'm willing to learn.
Also I don't think there were any codes being thrown. I could be wrong however, and I won't be able to check 'til I'm off work.