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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 03:44 AM
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1) hello and thanks in advance.
2) break lite comes on, next day...
3) i loose all power no light no radio no nothing it happens slowly, every thing kinda fades off.
then while at a light the car stalls out.
4) I get a jump presuming bad battery, and or altinater.
5) dies again 2mi down the road. pretty sure it the altinater at this point
6) get the sucker home through driving dying and jumping, driving dying and jumping all the way.
7) hook the battery up to a charger it doesnt accept the charge, its on there for a good half an hour and the amps keep going up.
8) at the poin im thinking dead battery to the point of no return and that was just over loading the altinater.
9) i buy a new battery putt it in turnt he car on and were back to number 2.
10) i get about an hour of drive time on the new batery before # two goes to number 3 and im thinking at this point i need a new altinater but im not spending 200$ to be wrong again
11) HELP ME PLEASE !!
 
Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Default RE: Battery or Altinater or...

Welcome.It deffently sounds like the alternator.When you jump it you are just charging the battery now the system is running off the battery until it dies.So your alternator is not charging.
 
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