\TRied to start car ths mornign...wouldnt start......Later at night afetr a cold day..Started right up.....while running it was tesed with a volt meter and read 11 volts telling us it was not charging...it continuted to run and at one point it quit...it was rechecked with vol metere and read below 1o volts and would nto even begin to start....not even clicking.....wondering it is the alternator or the battery
Note: Battery terminals already cleaned
Replaced battery about a year ago
I also belive the alternator was replaced 2 years ago
HHHEELLLLPPPPp!!!!
2007-12-16 12:11:07 · 4 answers · asked by nell0056 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
sounds like the alternator,it's running on the battery without being charged that's why it ran for a little while then stopped when the battery ran down,replace your alternator,but get it tested before replacing
2007-12-16 12:19:59 · answer #1 · answered by thomasl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The battery may be new..but unless the Alternator is working properly, the battery will never have enough capacity to start, with the engine running you should read about 14.5 volts...
Even New Alternators could develop a defect!!
2007-12-16 20:17:50 · answer #2 · answered by Richard G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get the car started take a battery cable off the battery while the car is running if it dies your alt. is not working at all. If it keeps running then your battery is not holding a charge for some reason
2007-12-16 20:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by Redmac1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once had similar problem replaced alt., battery, belt with no change. upon further inspection realized that the harmonic balancer had broken and the center of the balancer was spinning on the crankshaft but because of where it broke it was not spinning the alt. belt fast enough to get a full charge on battery.
2007-12-16 20:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by anniegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋