EGHondalover88

So here is whats wrong, Car about a few months ago just had problems starting one morning, finally got it to start and drove it to work. After work i went to start it and it wouldnt start, fiddled with connection issues, tapped on starter, finally just pushed started it. Few days later it was completely dead. Wouldnt even jump or push start.

I have checked battery connection its fine, Battery is brand new.

Starter works fine as well, found something unplugged at first but its fine now.

Besides the other issues the car has im unsure of what all could cause it to just not run. I mean it wont even jump start anymore it tries and tries but it wont.

matt j

check the alternator, and pull the starter as well and take them in and have them tested at a parts store, sounds like the alternator is either undercharging or overcharging your battery, as far as the starter, its simple to pull and might as well just make sure.

EGHondalover88

alright will do for now and ill post the news once i find out.

matt j

awesome man, if you need any help just pm me.

EGHondalover88

should i take battery in as well?

EGHondalover88

also i assume if they are bad and i replace ill need to jump start car again if it was messing up the battery?

matt j

might as well take the battery in as well, since it is new it should still have a warranty if its bad, if its not it will have a full charge on it after testing, my guess is the alternator is toasted and may have taken the battery out as well.

EGHondalover88

alright cool im gonna work on it tomorrow. ill keep you updated.

matt j

sounds good man.

EGHondalover88

so went to advanced auto and they said both were totally dead and bad. battery is fine. ill be installing them this weekend and hope it keeps it running.

matt j

well once you get them put in let us know how it goes, at least you got to the route of the problem fairly quickly

EGHondalover88

yea they said the started wouldnt even engage it was ****ed and the alternator once it was plugged in the charge went straight to zero. it will be about 260 to replace both. ill be putting them in on saturday.

another issue i gotta fix is my coolant leak into my passenger floorboard, heater core isnt installed and i think they didnt reroute it correctly.

MonkeyMagic

get the alternator and starter tested somewhere else.. the chance of them both going dead at the same time is one in eleventy billion.

EGHondalover88

i watched them test it. twice.

MonkeyMagic

good for you

EGHondalover88

lol. feel good about being a dick on here? * high five*

SNOAH

screw it might as well replace them both cause you never know the other could just die then after you replace the one if another place says its ok

TylerB

He wasn't being a dick you are just sensitive. He was only trying to help. Take it to another parts store and have it tested.

I work at a parts store and see this all the time. People will come in and say they just had it tested and someone told them it was a bad and then when I test it, it tests good. Spend the extra 10 minutes and have it tested elsewhere, it may save you some money.

Have you tried hooking it up to a battery to see if it engages?

EGHondalover88

only 260 to replace both so yea its not gonna be a bad idea.

matt j

i would just take the heater core thing out of the loop and loop the heater hose back into itself

EGHondalover88

its whats the guy i bought it from tried doing, but it leaks like a freaken hose into my floorboard. i found where it leaks and its not a slow drip. so gotta figure out why its doing it.

matt j

if i had my camera i would take pics of how mine is routed, i completely removed my heater core so i just looped the hose off the thermostat housing back in to the back of the block where the other hose would normally be

EGHondalover88

found a shop that can fix it all for very cheap. cost of maybe hours work and new hoses.

matt j

it actually is a pretty easy fix, are you still running a heater?

EGHondalover88

no the heater core is not installed. i need to take a look at the hoses see whats going on...