battery connection
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On The Tree
Joined: May 2011
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From: Jacksonville, Florida
battery connection I have a 2002 ws6 automatic. I just had it not start at the grocery store and I had a buddy wiggle the connections and it would start then bog down and die then start and I had to rev it to keep running then it idled fine. I got home and checked the connections and it had some corrosion so I cleaned it and the first time I started it it bogged down and shut off but after that it started fine the next few times. What could have that been and would it be normal to bog down ? Then start fine?
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Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Calgary Alberta
It could be that the two problems are not interconnected. Once the car is running, it should run off of power from the alternator. The battery connection shouldn't be needed to keep it running.
I had an issue with it shutting off,,, because there was 2 wires that go to the pos side of the batt and one was loose from the other,,, (i think the one to the alt) so once that one wasnt connected to the full system the car would stall.
If it was connected to the other pos lead you should beable to remove the cable from the batt and it should still run.,, but if you take apart the 2 pos wires it will stall.
Id just put new ends on it.
If it was connected to the other pos lead you should beable to remove the cable from the batt and it should still run.,, but if you take apart the 2 pos wires it will stall.
Id just put new ends on it.
