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Ford Aerostar losing power

Tiny
SHERRY12
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1998 ford aerostar, 194, 000 miles. While I was driving along, my battery light came on, then within a few min the battery guage that shows the power started to fall down indicating a lack of power, my lights went dim and when I turned on the highbeam headlights the speadomitor fell to "0" but I was still moving. I shut off the heater and the radio and then the speadomitor went back up again. The van finally shut off in my driveway, but an hour later I could start it again. What would cause this?
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Monday, May 14th, 2007 AT 9:23 AM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Make sure you do not have a loose groudn somewhere or corroded battery terminals.
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Monday, May 14th, 2007 AT 10:00 PM
Tiny
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Thanks alot, I'll give this a try. I will let you know if it works
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 AT 6:30 AM
Tiny
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I found the problem it was my altinator, I have replaced it but now the van starts when I put the battery lugs back on, even without the key in the ignition. OH mY, I don't know what would casuse this to happen, I have remote start would that have anything to do with it?
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 AT 9:08 AM

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