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Well, struts are in. All said and done was 385.
Once I got it home I decided to see if I could figure out the electrical issue. I looked under the hood, battery terminals tight. Alternator connections secure, etc. Hmm... so I hit the throttle from under the hood and I heard a distant rattling. I didn't see anything moving, though. I revved it up near 4,500 RPM and I noticed a tiny tiny spark. I look down and here my alternator was throwing a few small sparks when I would hit certain RPM levels. I realized that there was a screw sitting in the open air grate of the alternator. I'm thinking that under certain RPM levels it caused the screw to bounce (hence that distant rattling I noticed) which then caused it to arc a spark at certain times. I wonder if that's where my issue was.
I took the screw out and secured everything back to normal, but I'm parked in like crazy so I'll just drive the car tomorrow to see if the issue is okay now. I'm confident it's fixed, but who knows.
Once I got it home I decided to see if I could figure out the electrical issue. I looked under the hood, battery terminals tight. Alternator connections secure, etc. Hmm... so I hit the throttle from under the hood and I heard a distant rattling. I didn't see anything moving, though. I revved it up near 4,500 RPM and I noticed a tiny tiny spark. I look down and here my alternator was throwing a few small sparks when I would hit certain RPM levels. I realized that there was a screw sitting in the open air grate of the alternator. I'm thinking that under certain RPM levels it caused the screw to bounce (hence that distant rattling I noticed) which then caused it to arc a spark at certain times. I wonder if that's where my issue was.
I took the screw out and secured everything back to normal, but I'm parked in like crazy so I'll just drive the car tomorrow to see if the issue is okay now. I'm confident it's fixed, but who knows.