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Battery or alternator #769844 10/12/03 12:12 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 301 Rochester MN C captainandy15 OP CEG\'er
OP captainandy15 CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 301 Rochester MN	Is there any easy way I can determine whether its my battery or alternator? I've had to get it jumped for just having the radio on for 10 minutes. Occassionally it will almost kill at stop lights or right after its started. SO I cant decide which is bad. Thanks

Re: Battery or alternator #769845 10/12/03 01:47 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica... H HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er
HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica...	Do you happen to live by an Autozone, go there they will come out and scan your entire charging system, for free.

Re: Battery or alternator #769846 10/12/03 02:08 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 405 Troy, MI D Dark Sport CEG\'er
Dark Sport CEG\'er D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 405 Troy, MI	It'd help to know what kind of car you have. PS: Welcome to CEG Tony Datsenko

Re: Battery or alternator #769847 10/12/03 05:46 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,016 NE Ohio/ NW Ohio E epattonm Hard-core CEG\'er
epattonm Hard-core CEG\'er E Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,016 NE Ohio/ NW Ohio	My guess would be battery, or maybe even both. Take the battery to autozone or advanced auto, they'll test it out for you. The battery supplies the power to the car, and the alternator sends power to the battery, in essence charging it. So i'd say that the battery isn't holding a charge. In my personal experiences, the alternator either works or it doesn't. (Please, if I am wrong on this last part, someone correct me) 2000 CSVT Silver Frost: #942 of 2150 HID Projectors and Fog Light Mod, Optomized TB, MSDS headers 2003 Silverstone Z

Re: Battery or alternator #769848 10/12/03 05:27 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 888 D dbird_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
dbird_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 888	it could be just the battery or just the alternator or maybe neither..... first you have to start off with a fully charged battery then a test it run on the battery and the alternator....if you dont have any meters just go to an auto zone and let them give you a free test to see if the battery or the alternator is the problem.. might just be that the clamps on the battery cables are tarnished with sulfuric acide buildup(the white residue on the clamps??? or inside the clamps... if you have a meter get the battery charged and see if it holds the charge(where you have it charged then can do a quick charge and test on it to make sure it holds the charge(but if you start off with a low battery then you have trouble making the test.....)..... hope this helps.

Re: Battery or alternator #769849 10/13/03 02:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 28 J junglo New CEG\'er
junglo New CEG\'er J Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 28	I had a similar problem. Since I had used my battery for a number of years I thought the residual value of the battery on my car is only $10....So I just replaced the battery and problem was gone. If you can test it great!! or just replace the battery if you have already gor plenty of use out of it and it is now on borrowed time.

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