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 Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
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It's raining here today, so that means headlights on. I parked my car a little while ago and went inside for a couple of hours. When I went to leave, I started my car up, started to leave the parking lot, and turned my headlights on. When I turned them on, the entire electrical system died for just a moment and just about killed the motor. That's the first time this has ever happened, and I'm curious what happened. Any ideas?
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Dec 15, 2008 - 7:15 PM
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The battery is maintenance free, so that's still fine.
Enderswift, I do still have all of the splash guards on my car. I can't figure out what it was, but it hasn't done it again since then. So I figure it was water getting into the engine bay somewhere, could very well have been the alternator. On the under side of my hood, there is a dirty spot where it looks like the belt is getting wet then throwing water onto the hood, so it could be the alternator. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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Dec 16, 2008 - 11:34 AM
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i had the same thing happen to me, i gave the battery an overnight charge on 2 amp feed and it lasted a couple more mounths then died. I then went to autozone and found a battery with a warrenty, which is great for my car because of all the lights and subs i got running. i think it was like 70, hope that helps. This post has been edited by costa: Dec 16, 2008 - 11:34 AM |
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richee3 What happened? Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
RickJamesBish Happened to me as well. Dec 9, 2008 - 6:35 PM richee3 So it's not just my car specifically... Sweet... Dec 9, 2008 - 6:56 PM RickJamesBish Twice...I used to always turn my accessories on an... Dec 9, 2008 - 8:19 PM Culpable04 check your alternator, it may be on its way out. Dec 9, 2008 - 9:07 PM
BloodyStupidDavey QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Dec 10, 2008 - 2... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:02 AM richee3 Rick, my motor was running and I only had the radi... Dec 9, 2008 - 11:33 PM Culpable04 check your battery and alternator before you go ba... Dec 10, 2008 - 12:21 AM SAMIAM definatly check the battery, if not the battery it... Dec 10, 2008 - 4:39 AM richee3 Replaced the battery last December. That giant sou... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:09 PM GriffGirl Check your battery connections and make sure they... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:33 PM enderswift I once drove through a puddle that apparently got ... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:43 PM richee3 Griffgirl, that was the first thing I checked when... Dec 10, 2008 - 2:08 PM enderswift sorry for the late reply
doesn't take very... Dec 14, 2008 - 11:37 PM 808celica check you batt water level if you dont have those ... Dec 15, 2008 - 4:34 AM soulshadow Check your ground cables. Dec 16, 2008 - 12:32 AM |
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