97 civic hatch 95 gsr motor p73 stock harness with obd1 clips for injectors, alternator, etc etc.

1.heres a break down of whats going on...new battery-bought in oct2008
2.had alternator checked at vatozone and they said it was good.
3.car will run fine when jumped-but will not start after 3 or more hours w/o a jump
4.if i run the car and come home and take the negative terminal end off the battery-it starts right up once i hook it back up.
5.it will crank the first couple of times but now its sounds real sluggish and wont crank at all.
6.i've never heard the clicking noise at all..itll either crank or sound real sluggish and not crank at all.

any suggestions?

 

buy a new battery. again.

 

o hell i hope its not that. its a walmart battery. the guy there says its a-ok!

 

im sure its the battery, walmart battery sucks...

 

if not battery, look for lose alternator wire...

 

also look for mad corrosion in the big wire connecting to the alternator

 

ive taken it back to walmart and they said it was not the battery. and the alternator wire? the only one that comes out of the thing is what your asking?

 

theres a harness with 406 small wires comin out of it plugged into the alternator, then theres the big wire that goes to the underhood fuse box. that wire corrodes at the alternator sometimes, and will cause a huge voltage drop

 

Sounds like something could be drawing power and draining your battery.
Do a light test from the negative cable to the connector with the car off.
If you get a light, something is drawing power, at this point check fuses by pulling them to see where it's coming from. Once the light is out - then you know where to start looking.

 

check your 80 fues that should be the battery fuse

 

had same problem...car started dying more and more....before i was able to leave it overnight, morning...barely crank up for low battery...then got to the point where i had to push start....after that....i couldnt leave the car off for more than couple hrs else i would have to push start.....i replaced my battery and all is good now.

 

to what connector? could you be more precise? or is it any wire that i think could be the culprit? thank you.