[Z06] Time for a new Battery????????
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 450
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From: Winter Garden FL
Time for a new Battery????????
I had my LG Street Series headers installed a month and a half ago.
Since then I have had the Charge System Fault come on twice, once being today.
The alternator is fine and goes to 13.8-14.1 volts at start up and maintains 13.1 all day long.
Then later today the Check Engine light came on.
These are the codes I pulled:
PO420
PO430
I know what these are from and not worried about them.
These have me concerned:
1248 < this one I can't find on the DIC list.
1291
1292
I also had 1 radio code U 1064
The car runs like an animal, so I'm guessing the battery is on the way out. The battery is a yellow Duralst that was in the car when I bought it.
Thanks,
Richie
Since then I have had the Charge System Fault come on twice, once being today.
The alternator is fine and goes to 13.8-14.1 volts at start up and maintains 13.1 all day long.
Then later today the Check Engine light came on.
These are the codes I pulled:
PO420
PO430
I know what these are from and not worried about them.
These have me concerned:
1248 < this one I can't find on the DIC list.
1291
1292
I also had 1 radio code U 1064
The car runs like an animal, so I'm guessing the battery is on the way out. The battery is a yellow Duralst that was in the car when I bought it.
Thanks,
Richie
Last edited by Richie Carbone; May 22, 2006 at 08:40 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 2,786
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From: Cary NC
Mine acted up a month ago. Got out of work and dead car. So we boost it and I head for home. On the way I'm getting misfires and all kinds of SES warnings. Get home and go to pull the battery. Went to loosen the + terminal. The cable fell off with the whole post in it! Little bugger had leaked fluid down the compartment too!
Spent more time cleaning the compartment than I did replacing the battery. The battery was the original Delco from 02. So it lasted roughly 4 years. No problems now. Random codes all over the place seem to point to the battery first in these cars.
Spent more time cleaning the compartment than I did replacing the battery. The battery was the original Delco from 02. So it lasted roughly 4 years. No problems now. Random codes all over the place seem to point to the battery first in these cars.
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From: salem OR
My car is an 02 and the car has been sitting 3-4 at weeks at a time in the winter.
and driven about 1-2 times a week average in the summer.
The Original battery is going good after 5 years, since the
car was delivered in 9-01. It is a glass mat, no leak battery
and made me for the car
$104.00 from my dealer.Part Number #2277
To stop the damage people suffered, when the battery leaked and killed their car.
Why not go with that the "red top" track by reading posts here
for years,has a questionable quaility.
Then I like the stock look. Mounting is no comparsion either.
I have no doubt which Is lighter also
no brainer here.
Get the stock one and enjoy.
and driven about 1-2 times a week average in the summer.
The Original battery is going good after 5 years, since the
car was delivered in 9-01. It is a glass mat, no leak battery
and made me for the car
$104.00 from my dealer.Part Number #2277
To stop the damage people suffered, when the battery leaked and killed their car.
Why not go with that the "red top" track by reading posts here
for years,has a questionable quaility.
Then I like the stock look. Mounting is no comparsion either.
I have no doubt which Is lighter also
no brainer here.
Get the stock one and enjoy.
Last edited by 3 Z06ZR1; May 24, 2006 at 01:05 AM.
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: tracy ca
Originally Posted by vms4evr
Mine acted up a month ago. Got out of work and dead car. So we boost it and I head for home. On the way I'm getting misfires and all kinds of SES warnings. Get home and go to pull the battery. Went to loosen the + terminal. The cable fell off with the whole post in it! Little bugger had leaked fluid down the compartment too!
Spent more time cleaning the compartment than I did replacing the battery. The battery was the original Delco from 02. So it lasted roughly 4 years. No problems now. Random codes all over the place seem to point to the battery first in these cars.
Spent more time cleaning the compartment than I did replacing the battery. The battery was the original Delco from 02. So it lasted roughly 4 years. No problems now. Random codes all over the place seem to point to the battery first in these cars.