car wont start!!! please help
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car wont start!!! please help
i went to the store and came back and the car wouldnt start. i called my freinds to jump me and it did fine. drove it for like 10 min, came home and it wouldnt start. u hear it try to crank. what can the problem be?
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There are a LOT of things missing here:
Year of car, how old is the battery, etc..
Put a digital volt meter on the battery terminals, engine off. Take that reading.
Start the car and read the lowest voltage observed during cranking/attempt of cranking.
Sounds like your battery took a dump OR your batt terminals are loose. Should see a good solid 12 VDC at rest and 13.5 - 14.5 eng running
BC
There are a LOT of things missing here:
Year of car, how old is the battery, etc..
Put a digital volt meter on the battery terminals, engine off. Take that reading.
Start the car and read the lowest voltage observed during cranking/attempt of cranking.
Sounds like your battery took a dump OR your batt terminals are loose. Should see a good solid 12 VDC at rest and 13.5 - 14.5 eng running
BC
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From: nj
its a 2000 c5 coupe m6. when i bought the car the guy had it sitting in his garage and had to jump it when we picked it up. was fine from there. im going to get a new battery tomorrow and see how that goes
