dead battery cell or bad altenator??
12-29-2010, 09:41 PM
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dead battery cell or bad altenator??
my car has been acting real weird, its like the battery is defitley not holding a charge thats for sure ill jump it and itl be fine, i can stop and start the engine about a dozen times, and then radomly after the car has been running for about 15 min or so , the abs light will start blinking the radio will cut in and out, and the lights will dim , but will brighten when the car is revved. then when i turn the engine off and go to turn it back on , the battery is completley dead , i just hear a clicking sound, also when the car is on , and running if im at a stop light and let the revs drop, too low the car will die. so this concludes my question to you guys do i have a bad cell in the battery or is it the altenator
12-30-2010, 03:22 AM
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Re: dead battery cell or bad altenator??
Drive up to a Pep Boys or Autozone, etc., to have them test your battery for free. If that's fine, then it's your alternator. They can test that, too, but you'd likely have to take it out.
12-30-2010, 02:48 PM
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Re: dead battery cell or bad altenator??
You can check the juice flowing from the alternator with a load tester... Autozone/Pepboys should be not-retarded enough to pull this off.
12-30-2010, 02:50 PM
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Re: dead battery cell or bad altenator??
first things first, make sure your battery has a good connection, IE, your terminals arent about to fall off. second, do you have a EVERLAST or EVERSTART or whatever bs off brand battery? if so, its prolly that. A old school trick to test the alt is to pull off the positive batt terminal while its running, if the car dies, it could be the alt. deff get it tested. Make sure your belt is tightened too
12-30-2010, 03:19 PM
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Re: dead battery cell or bad altenator??
first things first, make sure your battery has a good connection, IE, your terminals arent about to fall off. second, do you have a EVERLAST or EVERSTART or whatever bs off brand battery? if so, its prolly that. A old school trick to test the alt is to pull off the positive batt terminal while its running, if the car dies, it could be the alt. deff get it tested. Make sure your belt is tightened too
12-30-2010, 03:33 PM
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Re: dead battery cell or bad altenator??
wtf? ive been told its lather it in icy hot, dip in freezing water, shove through hole, and have friend hit rev limiter.
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