2nd time battery dies!
2nd time battery dies! this morning the car barely started, but it did,
so I drove to work, but when I got there and tried to start it again, it wouldn't. Just the classic "Clicking" of a dead battery.
Shoudn't the alternator have charged it, since I drove the car around for about 30 minutes to work?
the only thing that I've done differenty is that I got a Sirius radio plug n play receiver and I leave it plugged in overnight (but in the off position) to the cigarette lighter.
Two things that are also weird,
the car does suffer from the flickering lights (headlights, gauges, etc)
and I've heard this squeaking (sounds like the belt) when I start the car, but it goes away after about 10 minutes of driving.
any help would be appreciated,
patrick
so I drove to work, but when I got there and tried to start it again, it wouldn't. Just the classic "Clicking" of a dead battery.
Shoudn't the alternator have charged it, since I drove the car around for about 30 minutes to work?
the only thing that I've done differenty is that I got a Sirius radio plug n play receiver and I leave it plugged in overnight (but in the off position) to the cigarette lighter.
Two things that are also weird,
the car does suffer from the flickering lights (headlights, gauges, etc)
and I've heard this squeaking (sounds like the belt) when I start the car, but it goes away after about 10 minutes of driving.
any help would be appreciated,
patrick
I'd check the idler pulley to make sure it's providing the correct tension on the belt, if it's not the belt could be slipping and not driving the alternator fast enough. If that's good then I'd have the alternator tested (most parts stores do it for free) you may need a new one, my advice, if it turns out to be the alt, go for a new GM one(even tho it's expensive) not a reman, I've had very bad luck with remaned alternators, went thru 5 before I got a good one
The Sirius radio shouldn't matter, I have an XM and I've left it on all night and haven't had a problem starting the car
The Sirius radio shouldn't matter, I have an XM and I've left it on all night and haven't had a problem starting the car
Check to see if you can untension the belt by hand, (like you would if you were changing the belt) it should take a breaker bar to move the pulley to untension the belt, if you can move it by hand then it's bad
Ok,
I tried to move it today, and I had to take a ratchet to it to get the belt off,
so I'm thinking because of the flickering lights and the fact that the battery didn't charge back up, it must be the alternator
I tried to move it today, and I had to take a ratchet to it to get the belt off,
so I'm thinking because of the flickering lights and the fact that the battery didn't charge back up, it must be the alternator
Originally Posted by 2K2WS6TA
you may need a new one, my advice, if it turns out to be the alt, go for a new GM one(even tho it's expensive) not a reman, I've had very bad luck with remaned alternators, went thru 5 before I got a good one
I agree, the reman usually comes with a lifetime warranty cause you'll need it. The GM usually has a 1 year warranty but will last 5 times as long.
