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.

 

okay can anyone help me please im stuck!!!!

 

your losing power somewere, do you leave your radieo on head lights or taillights

 

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....

 

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.

 

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.

 

was your battery light on the last time you drove your car? have you tried a new battery?

 

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.

 

u have a battery light on the cluster? should be alternator problem