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| Queenie |
 Dec 26 2003, 06:08 PM
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Society Is A Hole  Group: Members Posts: 383 Joined: 14-July 03 From: SLO-CA Member No.: 908  |
My car won't start. When I turn the key it makes a very loud clicking noise, and I can hear the fuel pump running, but it doesn't turn over or even pretend like it's going to.
My first thought is that the battery is dead, and that will be the first thing I try to fix, but could there be a starter problem? No one's available to jump it right now, so I can't really do anything to solve it at the moment. |
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| McMark |
Dec 27 2003, 03:30 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
A simple test to do at your own discretion (don't blame me if something happens). While the car is idling, pull the negative cable off the battery. The car should keep running. If it dies then your alternator is bad. Quick and dirty. Shouldn't hurt anything in our old analog cars. I wouldn't try it on a brand new car.
The battery is mostly for starting the car. When the car is running it's using the alternator. I've got my money on a bad/dying alternator. It might only be low enough that it'll run fine during the day, but at night when your lights are on it's not keeping up and slowly draining the battery. |
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Posts in this topic
Queenie Dead battery? Dec 26 2003, 06:08 PM
ArtechnikA <... Dec 26 2003, 06:22 PM Queenie The lights won't even pop up, nor will the ant... Dec 26 2003, 06:27 PM Queenie Well, AAA sent a truck out and it started up almos... Dec 26 2003, 06:58 PM redshift :clap:
Good thing it was the battery... problems... Dec 26 2003, 07:21 PM Queenie Yeah, good fucking thing it was just the battery. ... Dec 26 2003, 07:38 PM redshift Sorry, I refuse to answer loaded questions?
:uns... Dec 26 2003, 07:59 PM ! "I" would check the battery when FULLY charged wit... Dec 26 2003, 11:35 PM Queenie Well, "I" don't have a voltmeter, so I had to ... Dec 27 2003, 12:54 PM hargray2 It would still be a great idea to get even a cheap... Dec 27 2003, 01:07 PM Queenie I am pretty sure I know what the problem is (or at... Dec 27 2003, 01:11 PM redshift YAY!
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M Dec 27 2003, 02:22 PM Queenie Thanks Mark...I will have Pancho check the alterna... Dec 27 2003, 03:50 PM redshift I damned sure wasn't going to be the one that ... Dec 27 2003, 03:52 PM Slowpoke An easier test to check if an alternator is workin... Dec 27 2003, 04:18 PM Queenie I think I've made it pretty clear that I'm... Dec 27 2003, 04:19 PM
SirAndy <... Dec 27 2003, 09:00 PM |
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