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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Five O" data-source="post: 1269202" data-attributes="member: 19473">The car is still giving me issues.  When I first started it today it started chugging slightly and acting like it wanted to die.  Gave it a little gas but that didn't do much, and it drove sluggish at first then sort of "pepped up."  Got me all the way to work and back with no problems after that.  Later tonight I decided to run up to 7-11, and the car died on me while I was turning a corner in 2nd gear with the clutch in.  Wouldn't start again, and the battery light was lit up on the dash.  Tried it again while pressing the gas pedal and it started up after a second.  Called the mechanic that put the tank in and they said they can't see it until Thursday because they're down to one mechanic now (?).  The battery light has me thinking alternator now (glazed belt?), because I've also noticed that my lights are dim at a stop until I hit the gas when they brighten.  I've heard this can be attributed to an under pulley which is on the car from the previous owner, so I didn't think much about it before.</blockquote>