Difficulty jumping car-dead battery?
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Difficulty jumping car-dead battery?
I have a vacuum leak and ran my battery down restarting the car. I mean it was really dead. The interior lights would not come on, the radio would not work etc. Almost like it was disconnected.
I was able to get the starter to turn over a little last night but it was really slow with one of those portable jumpers, but at the end the starter let out a loud noise. I had thought it was just the starter popping off the flywheel as it ran out of juice (did not disengage properly). It was not enough to crank it up though.
However, now I cannot get the car to turn over at all with the portable jumper (I recharded it over night) or off a another car.
Is it possible that the battery is SO dead it cannot be jumped?
Anyone seen anything like this?
I am dying over here.
I was able to get the starter to turn over a little last night but it was really slow with one of those portable jumpers, but at the end the starter let out a loud noise. I had thought it was just the starter popping off the flywheel as it ran out of juice (did not disengage properly). It was not enough to crank it up though.
However, now I cannot get the car to turn over at all with the portable jumper (I recharded it over night) or off a another car.
Is it possible that the battery is SO dead it cannot be jumped?
Anyone seen anything like this?
I am dying over here.
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (hudman)
It has been allot of years, but yes I have seen this problem.
My first question is how old is your battery. It might be time to bite the bullet and just replace it and be done with it. :yesnod:
[Modified by gb4622, 1:21 PM 7/21/2002]
My first question is how old is your battery. It might be time to bite the bullet and just replace it and be done with it. :yesnod:
[Modified by gb4622, 1:21 PM 7/21/2002]
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (gb4622)
Yes just recently my Suburban did the same thing. Came out of the store dead batt couldn't jump, wouldn't take a charge. Not one hint it was coming, just POOF I'm done. New batt, all fixed. Good Luck.
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (hudman)
A number of things could have happened. Quick charging will cause evaporation of the battery fluid and expose the core which means it's not even functioning as a battery. It also causes a build up of hydroxides and sulphides on the immersed poles which impedes the flow of electrons. It can also cause the poles to melt, crack, fuse accross cells, etc. The only wet cell battery available for automotive uses that won't get hurt from constant quick charging (except evaporation of fluid which happens to them all and should be checked regularly) is a deep cycle battery.
Kragen/Checker/Schucks sells Nautulis marine deep cycle/starting batteries that work real well, and fit inside the battery compartment. I have one in my vette.
Kragen/Checker/Schucks sells Nautulis marine deep cycle/starting batteries that work real well, and fit inside the battery compartment. I have one in my vette.
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (Scott78)
Yes just recently my Suburban did the same thing. Came out of the store dead batt couldn't jump, wouldn't take a charge. Not one hint it was coming, just POOF I'm done. New batt, all fixed. Good Luck.
Scott
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Sometimes a battery dies in a couple fof hours. This is what happened to me. Just go buy a new one. It is very bad on your alternator to try to charge a battery run down that far with the alternator. You will end up frying the diodes. :yesnod:
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (hudman)
Hudman, to start with on ANY old car, that's over 5 years old anyway, you need go over the entire electrical system, clean every connection to bare shiney metal, reconnece securely and have a new battery....that means at the starter under the car the positive heavy wire to the battery, and the battery grounds to the engine and frame, on our vettes....negative cable to frame under battery comparment, then engine ground to frame under engine mount on pass side....
everything heavy cable, and clean terminals with NO severe corrosion present, a bit of dull primary old copper look is ok, but any corrosiion or blue color is NOT ok....
GENE
everything heavy cable, and clean terminals with NO severe corrosion present, a bit of dull primary old copper look is ok, but any corrosiion or blue color is NOT ok....
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Re: Difficulty jumping car-dead battery? (hudman)
You need to get the dead battery out of the system by dis-connecting the ground cable. Connect the the jumper ground to the engine somewhere. Today's batteries just seem to suck all of the jumper batteries current and the car won't start.. Our Mini van eats batteries and we have been unable to jump it several times. Be Carefull...
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