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Loose Generator Drive Belt leading to a drained battery?

Question by diyta: Loose Generator Drive Belt leading to a drained battery?
I have a 98 Cavalier, for the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard a noise which I can only assume is a loose belt, it didn’t cound like the fan belt however…Now, the noise has stopped, but the charging system light is on…I checked my owner’s manual and it said the following :

“If it stays on, or comes on while you are driving,
you may have a problem with the electrical charging system. It could indicate that you have a loose generator drive belt, or another electrical problem. Have it checked right away. Driving while this light is on could
drain your battery.”

With that being said, now my interior lights, such as the speedometer, etc. is very dim as if the battery is dying…the car is running fine, like I said, the belt noise is oddly gone all of a sudden but not there’s the battery light that stays on…what could this be, something as simple as needing to change the belt?

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Answer by Don E
Right

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Q&A: Someone might ask “Do you consider yourself eco-friendly if you drive an electric car?”?

Question by Breath on the Wind: Someone might ask “Do you consider yourself eco-friendly if you drive an electric car?”?
But only leave such a question up for a couple of hours before accepting a negative response. Perhaps such questions are no better than the advertisements that are against Yahoo T/S. This one did not give much of a pretense at being open or fair so I thought it deserved another chance. The response accepted as BA gave some rather odd statistics for the energy makeup of electricity. But upon reflection, he could have been quoting stats for some suburb in South Africa. As long as the stats are not qualified they are probably true somewhere. So just what is behind that EV grin?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlERfHkOeVVdGTIP8VH6VKn95nNG;_ylv=3?qid=20101008122415AAggnSQ “Nickel-cadmium batteries” !!?? That was two generations of chemistry ago and were they ever used in an EV?

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Answer by RickyD
I would say that being an an eco-friendly car is a good thing!

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Staff - October 12, 2010 at 4:57 pm

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