My car doesn't start properly...
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Do you know anything about alternators? 
9/10 times they don't go from working perfectly fine to not working at all, it progressively gets worse. More often as times go by it would take longer for me to get my car started, until one time it took about 15 mins to get it turned over. When I got it started I took it directly to Sears.
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9/10 times they don't go from working perfectly fine to not working at all, it progressively gets worse. More often as times go by it would take longer for me to get my car started, until one time it took about 15 mins to get it turned over. When I got it started I took it directly to Sears.
h:BTW I don't like your attitude
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Last edited by v6_accord_jerz; Nov 17, 2007 at 10:01 AM.
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Do you know anything about alternators?
9/10 times they don't go from working perfectly fine to not working at all, it progressively gets worse. More often as times go by it would take longer for me to get my car started, until one time it took about 15 mins to get it turned over. When I got it started I took it directly to Sears.h:
BTW I don't like your attitude
9/10 times they don't go from working perfectly fine to not working at all, it progressively gets worse. More often as times go by it would take longer for me to get my car started, until one time it took about 15 mins to get it turned over. When I got it started I took it directly to Sears.
h:BTW I don't like your attitude
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lots and lots of fail
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Mine ('92 civic) was making noise and offering up more resistance (I assume bearings) than normal from time to time. I bought a remanufactured alt. but b/c it took extra long getting here, I had time to do a full tune-up. With the new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ignition coil(not part of tune up but it's new) the alt almost never makes noise and when it does it's nowhere near as loud as before.
I'll still have to replace it, but I'm waiting for warmer weather (and I'm lazy).
Point of post: Unfortunately, your symptoms don't just sound like a corroded or loose connection, at least not to me. However, if you're cheap and want or need to wait a lil bit before you replace it, you might be able to prolong it by getting the easier and cheaper electrical shit under the hood "up to spec" if it's all old as hell.
edit: yeah, get it tested... if you have a voltmeter you could just do it yourself, but....
I'll still have to replace it, but I'm waiting for warmer weather (and I'm lazy).
Point of post: Unfortunately, your symptoms don't just sound like a corroded or loose connection, at least not to me. However, if you're cheap and want or need to wait a lil bit before you replace it, you might be able to prolong it by getting the easier and cheaper electrical shit under the hood "up to spec" if it's all old as hell.
edit: yeah, get it tested... if you have a voltmeter you could just do it yourself, but....
lots and lots of fail
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