can u help me with this please,i had it checked and it kicked out 15 but it wont keep my car running without the pos cable connected
2007-03-27 13:24:42 · 9 answers · asked by khaliq m 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
your car wont run when your positive cable is disconnected due to the fact that that is the main power cable for your car, the positive cable is what your alternator uses to produce 5amps of power.(your battery kicks out about 11.5amps-12.5amps alone) and your alternator just bumps that up to 15amps. to check if its working disconnect your negative while the car is running, you should get a battery not charging warning(this is normal) hook it back up and it will go away. in short, your car cannot run without the positive cable hooked up.
2007-03-28 16:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by alanis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back away from the car. you never remove a battery cable while the car is running. your alternator may have been good, i doubt it now. when you remove a batt. cable, you create a open in the charging circuit, the alternator will charge at a very high rate until it blows the voltage regulator inside. take the battery into auto zone and get it tested,along with the alternator.
2007-03-28 01:26:29 · answer #2 · answered by DASH 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are you disconnecting the positive cable? Try disconnecting the negative cable and see what happens. If it shuts off you have a bad alternator or faulty wiring. If it doesn't it is because of the wiring schematic design of the charging system. Good luck.
2007-03-27 13:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by vsMechanic68 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i own a repair shop,and it may be a bad ground wire on it that's causing this to happen the alternator will charge it through a small ground source,such as a small axillary wire,but when the cable is disconnected you loose the main source of the travel on the circuit,so it dies on you,try checking all the ground wires on it,i think this will turn out to be whats wrong with it,good luck i hope this helps.
2007-03-27 14:29:11 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some newer cars do this when you disconnect the battery
2007-03-27 14:54:18 · answer #5 · answered by z 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here is a URL and put your vehicle year and model in and see if you can glean some knowledge somewhere. hahaha
It is for a 2000 Chevy Malibu but the troubleshooting is the same.
http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?UseCase=S001&UserAction=viewSimpleDiagInfo&Parameters=info
2007-03-27 14:42:37 · answer #6 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't remove your battery cable.
2007-03-27 20:37:51 · answer #7 · answered by HITCH 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think when you do that it means your battery is bad.By the way the link from the other persons answer is to a adult sight.
2007-03-27 13:35:43 · answer #8 · answered by Jim C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dodgeman NAILED IT ON THE HEAD, so to speak.
2007-03-27 17:24:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋