healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having set for couple hours = click, nada
10-29-2002, 07:47 PM
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healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having set for couple hours = click, nada
very strange. no prior issues with her at all, meter has always read normal, no hesitation on start up ever, then today--I come home at lunch, get back in around 5, turn the key and CLICK, blank out. pop the hood, no hood light. clicking noise from engine compartment. key is out, guages are going crazy. hook up the charger, clicking increases in loudness and frequency. posting from home so pages load very slow so I didn't do a search yet. any ideas? :seeya
10-29-2002, 08:09 PM
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healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having
very strange. no prior issues with her at all, meter has always read normal, no hesitation on start up ever, then today--I come home at lunch, get back in around 5, turn the key and CLICK, blank out. pop the hood, no hood light. clicking noise from engine compartment. key is out, guages are going crazy. hook up the charger, clicking increases in loudness and frequency. posting from home so pages load very slow so I didn't do a search yet. any ideas? :seeya
10-29-2002, 08:14 PM
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Re: healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having (Blue 02 C5)
dic doesn't even give me a reading. nothing. got to be the battery I'm thinking--guess I'll yank it and go have it checked.
10-29-2002, 08:16 PM
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Re: healthy daily driver '97
Sounds like your positive battery post may have broken, you are describing EXACTLY what happened to my C5 when mine broke.
If it's the OEM type Delco battery you have in there then I'd be surprised if this wass NOT the problem.
If so you'll need to get a lot of battery acid out of everywhere under the battery including ther black flex cable covers!
If it has leaked acid flush it out real QUICK before it dissolves your PCM and main cable harness that are directly below the battery!
Perry
If it's the OEM type Delco battery you have in there then I'd be surprised if this wass NOT the problem.
If so you'll need to get a lot of battery acid out of everywhere under the battery including ther black flex cable covers!
If it has leaked acid flush it out real QUICK before it dissolves your PCM and main cable harness that are directly below the battery!
Perry
10-29-2002, 08:18 PM
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Re: healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having (Red Gump)
Mine only lasted for 6 month, is that the original? Then it probably over due.
10-29-2002, 08:31 PM
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Re: healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having (wallstAL)
perry, definitely not a post issue, everything is clean. and wallstal, nossir, it's an interstate. pulled it out, running to have it checked. thanks for the input!
10-29-2002, 09:01 PM
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Re: healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after having (Red Gump)
perry, definitely not a post issue, everything is clean. and wallstal, nossir, it's an interstate. pulled it out, running to have it checked. thanks for the input!
...best of luck - I'd agree, it does indeed sound like your Interstate may have gone "out of state" !
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Re: healthy daily driver '97, turn key tonight after (00c5coupe)
dead battery....happened to me 2 months ago. No prior signal.
