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Marcus
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a COUPLE OF DAYS AGO MY CAR WOULD START SO I TOOK THE BATTERY TO PEPBOYS AND GOT IT TESTED AND IT SAID IT WAS GOOD. aFTER A LIL CHARGE. HEN I WNET BACK PUT IT IN AND THE CAR STARTED. tODAY I WENT OUT TO START IT AND IT WOULD TURN OVER. i TOOK THE BATTERY AND ONCE AGAIN IT WAS GOOD. i TRY TO START IT ONCE AND THE BATTERY DIES. tHEN I WAIT LIKE 30 MINS AND IT GAINS A LITTLE JUICE BUT AFTER ONE TRY IT DIES AGAIN.
COULD IT BE MY STARTER, STARTER SOLENOID,ALTERNATOR
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Posts: 161 | From: union city | Registered: Jan 2003
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Quick 88LX
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All those caps have got me confused! Let me see if I got this:
You cannot start the car
Your battery doesn't hold a charge
And you named the 3 most common things to check
Well, does the car try to start but just keep cranking? Or does it do absolutely nothing when you turn the key? Does it try to turn over and then slooooowly die? Does it slowly try to turn over?
Most of these symptoms are of a bad battery. I would suggest you check your grounds, check the battery BEFORE you try to start the car and then check it WHILE you are cranking the motor. More often than not, if your battery sucks ass, it will show 14.4 volts (or close to it like 12) but when you crank the motor the battery will show around 2 or 3. Sometimes nothing.
Correct me if I am wrong but your car would start fine if your alternator was bad but it wouldn't charge the battery. And your car would never start if you had a bad solenoid.
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Posts: 1784 | From: Fairfield, CA/Okinawa, Japan | Registered: Oct 2002
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hidnn.o.s.
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sounds like your alternator is done........
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Posts: 15950 | Registered: Apr 2002
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Blind
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how do your battery cable look, and how tight do you have them on the battery? loose battery cables / bad connection to them will do exactly what you describe.
kragen sells replacement cable ends that are $1.50 a pair and very easy to install, simply cut off the old connectors from your battery cables and strip the ends, then the new ones bolt onto the ends of that, no soldering needed and they work great.
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Posts: 8521 | From: Fairfield | Registered: Jul 2003
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hidnn.o.s.
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take the two bolts off and go get your alternator checked and get a new one. Simple as that.....
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BlackNGold
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I wouldn't trust Pep Boys...I say it's the battery, but your post is very hard to read...
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Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Marcus
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sorry about the caps well it goes kluck kluck kluck but hella fast. Eventually te light in the spedometer thing die and the battery dies. After 30 or so minutes of rest it gains a little juice but dies right when i try to click it over. Now if the alternator is bad will the car start still?? or no. Can the solenoid possible kill the battery??? Thtnx for the post everyone
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Posts: 161 | From: union city | Registered: Jan 2003
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hidnn.o.s.
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jump start the car, if it will run until you shut it off and not start again, go the alternator route.
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Jdub07
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Just replace the alternator, battery and starter. Prolly needs it anyway. I doubt its the starter though.
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1992gtdrop
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Cstang5.0
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i say battery i had the same problem with mine i had it tested and they said it was good i charged it and it would die i got a new battery and it fine now
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Originally posted by 1992gtdrop:
alternator
third or fourth that, or something like that. If so your battery is probably permanently damaged too, replace both as to not eat up your new alternator.
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Posts: 416 | From: Lathrop | Registered: Mar 2004
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