Having issues starting my car..
Having issues starting my car.. So i am hoping someone here can help. Please note i drive the car about once or twice a month for about 5-10 miles at a time, its just my fun car.
About a year ago i did the tick battery relocation no issues.. about 6 months ago the car started giving me issues reading low amperage (i have a digital gauge i can read) between 11.8-12.4.... Three months later under hard acceleration from a dig the car just shut off...no power or any. so i went ahead checked everything from the battery relocation.... NO ISSUES. Now for the past three months the car has been having issues to crank. (the car lives on a battery tender) So i was waiting until the alternator died, but nothing.... About 2 months ago the starter died and got a beefy MSD starter. Fast forward to two weeks ago, drove the car around the block battery was reading around 11.8 and it stalled and died. It wouldnt crank, i tried jumping it and nothing, had to get the battery out of my BMW to start, got it home and thought the alternator had died on me. I went ahead and ordered a new Tuff Stuff alternator (145 amps) and bought a new battery (interstate m35 model).. had no issues once installed. Today i drove for about 50 miles and the car was reading 13.5-14.1 no issues at all. I parked it and went to start it and it wouldn't go. Had to get a jump, and then after award it ran fine. Im a little worried becuase with a new alternator and battery i am still having the same issue i was having before just the battery is amperage in the car is reading higher... COuld it be i got a bad battery, or alternator?
Thanks so much.
About a year ago i did the tick battery relocation no issues.. about 6 months ago the car started giving me issues reading low amperage (i have a digital gauge i can read) between 11.8-12.4.... Three months later under hard acceleration from a dig the car just shut off...no power or any. so i went ahead checked everything from the battery relocation.... NO ISSUES. Now for the past three months the car has been having issues to crank. (the car lives on a battery tender) So i was waiting until the alternator died, but nothing.... About 2 months ago the starter died and got a beefy MSD starter. Fast forward to two weeks ago, drove the car around the block battery was reading around 11.8 and it stalled and died. It wouldnt crank, i tried jumping it and nothing, had to get the battery out of my BMW to start, got it home and thought the alternator had died on me. I went ahead and ordered a new Tuff Stuff alternator (145 amps) and bought a new battery (interstate m35 model).. had no issues once installed. Today i drove for about 50 miles and the car was reading 13.5-14.1 no issues at all. I parked it and went to start it and it wouldn't go. Had to get a jump, and then after award it ran fine. Im a little worried becuase with a new alternator and battery i am still having the same issue i was having before just the battery is amperage in the car is reading higher... COuld it be i got a bad battery, or alternator?
Thanks so much.
Most likely you got a stray circuit or short that is draining your battery. It is always possibly to get a bad battery. Not a fan of interstate but that is beside the point. Car stays running once jumped should indicate alternator is fine.
My guess is you have a ground issue. Personally I would start by going a voltage drop test on the positive and ground side both. That's going to tell you where the problem is.
So just ordered my new voltage meter... i replaced the battery and nothing.
It seems the car will try to crank and dies, i give it a second and nothing its like there no battery getting fed into the car... ill due a voltage drop test once i get it an go from here...
any thoughts on possibly and ignition relay or starter relay?? once the car cranks... it stays on...
MODS that i have chased down....
The Tick performance battery relocation looks good with good grounds.
New battery m-24 top mounted from interstate
New tuff stuff 145 amp alternator
New msd starter
It seems the car will try to crank and dies, i give it a second and nothing its like there no battery getting fed into the car... ill due a voltage drop test once i get it an go from here...
any thoughts on possibly and ignition relay or starter relay?? once the car cranks... it stays on...
MODS that i have chased down....
The Tick performance battery relocation looks good with good grounds.
New battery m-24 top mounted from interstate
New tuff stuff 145 amp alternator
New msd starter
The car turns, click and then dies I have to turn the key 6-9 times until the starter finally gets the power to crank.... once the car turns over the battery reads 13.4-13.8
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I would check your connections carefully, A poor connection will sometimes will get hot and finally connect well enough to start until it cools down and it will do the same thing all over again.
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I'm willing to bet that the ground wire at the battery terminal would have burned the **** out of you. If your battery, starter and connections are good and the wire is getting to hot you may want to try going to a bigger gauge of wire. I'm also not a fan of having power at all times connected to the starter which is one of the reasons I installed an aftermarket solenoid on the firewall. I ran a jumper wire from the starter solenoid to the starter and ran a lead down from the firewall solenoid down to the starter so that power only gets to the starter from the solenoid on the firewall.