View Single Post
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 06:00 AM
  #6  
Tark's Avatar
Tark
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 30,331
Likes: 0
From: Montréal, Canada
Default

Originally Posted by rebeld
could be a couple of things:

1. alternator is going and not charging the battery properly
2. battery has gone to shit
3. theres a short or something drawing on the battery even with the vehicle off

first thing i say is take it to a parts store or service shop and ask them to test the battery. a good store should be able to test for free on the vehicle, also many of them can perform a basic alternator test on the vehicle. any quality shop will do both with a quality charger for a nominal fee.

if both pass the tests ... most likely something drawing juice.
but if alternator is gone then the car wouldnt run for veryy long right?




Originally Posted by NOPD
why you never got the battery tested?
never had the time to do it until today and i thought the problem was solve last time. will go today

Originally Posted by e3NiNe
How old is the battery? They should be changed every 3 or 4 years pending weather conditions.
had the car for 3 years bought it used so dont know how old the battery is. just didnt feel like goin ove rhtere getting it tested instead of just buying a new one and installing it myself. but i guess i dont have a choice...
Reply