car wont start battery keeps dieing......
01-29-2008, 08:03 PM
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car wont start battery keeps dieing......
alright im sick and tired of pushing my car.keeps dieing i dont kno what it is the alternator should be good when i disconnect the terminals with the car on. i heard if it was bad when the cars off, it should shut right off i need some help.
01-30-2008, 02:43 AM
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Re: car wont start battery keeps dieing...... (jdmjohnyyy)
Still go to autozone or somewhere and have them test your alternator. It wont hurt to know for sure.
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x2 Double check connections, lights, switches, etc....
01-30-2008, 07:13 PM
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Re: car wont start battery keeps dieing...... (SkIp_Civic_Ek6)
Dude, you really gotta work on the grammer thing. That was hard to string together...
Anyhow, if you have a multimeter, you can do a quick test to check your charging system. Connect the leads from the meter to the battery. Start your car and hold the revs at ~3500-4000 rpm for a few seconds. Check the reading on the meter while you hav the revs up.. You should have ~14-14.5 volts. Now check the reading at idle, should be at least 12 volts.
If you dont have readings close to that, then your alt. is bad.
Anyhow, if you have a multimeter, you can do a quick test to check your charging system. Connect the leads from the meter to the battery. Start your car and hold the revs at ~3500-4000 rpm for a few seconds. Check the reading on the meter while you hav the revs up.. You should have ~14-14.5 volts. Now check the reading at idle, should be at least 12 volts.
If you dont have readings close to that, then your alt. is bad.
01-31-2008, 05:21 AM
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Re: car wont start battery keeps dieing...... (JustG)
check alternator! usually a good sign. i think you can take it up to Advance Auto parts and they will do a quick check to see if its any good.
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Ok you said it runs fine w/o the battery terminals on? Hopefully you didn't unhook the negative one or you just screwed yourself over really badly. Anyway if you have trouble starting your car, it could be a bad voltage regulator. I had the same problems with my car I couldn't start it, but if I jumped or rolled it it would start tunred out the VR was cooked.
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