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Unanswered: hyper turn signal flash

my turn signal flash so fast replace the flasher and light's
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also every time i turn on my headlight or heater car stall's replace volt reg still do the same thing
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Have you tested the Alt. output and what were the results ?
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Have you tested the Alt. output and what were the results ?
I had a student with similar problem on a not that old Dodge truck. When he turned his headlights on it stalled the engine. It turned out to be a ground issue in his case.

I would do the Alt. check first as suggested and then check my electrical connections. Ground connections are just as important as the positive connections.

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Is this the stock flasher unit or did a PO install a replacement? The incorrect flasher unit can cause this.

This was commonly seen when someone wired up a trailer which puts more load on the flasher unit and it blinked at an extremly fast rate. Normally, at least in old cars, a HD flasher unit is installed if a trailer is hooked up. An incorrect flasher unit can cause this.

In new cars, the computer controls the flash rate and if a bulb burns out, it flashes faster than normal, but Opels don't have computers.
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Originally Posted by ben View Post
every time i turn on my headlight or heater car stall's replace volt reg still do the same thing
I would concur. You have a bad electrical problem, that most likely goes beyond an alternator issue.

Any car, with a well charged battery,... will be able to drive for many miles before the battery runs down and the car stalls.

My old 72 Kadett made it back from Little Rock, AR to Tulsa, OK on an alternator that went out on me the night before.

Check all power connections and ground connections with a voltage drop test.
This is done, for example on a battery cable by placing:
a. the positive lead of a volt meter on the battery + terminal
b. the negative lead of a volt meter on the starter + terminal
c. crank the engine (ie. load the system)

= You sould see no more than a maximum of 0.2 volts

What does this mean? A voltage lead from one end of a wire to the other end of that same wire read the voltage loss (wasted or not available to the starter).

This same test (as well as others) can be used to pin point your electrical problems.
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