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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Chico, CA
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Dead Battery?
My car has been running great...had it on a battery tender during the winter but not since March, probably. Did a 500 mile weekend run last weekend and this past Wednesday it wouldn't start, just the classic weak battery attempt to turn over. So I put it on the tender for about 36 hours and it never came out of charging mode, yet it fired up yesterday and I made a couple of stops without problems. Tonight...dead! Dome light works, dash lights come on, clock is correct, but not enough juice to even get a crank.
Seems I've heard the pcar sucks up a lot of juice in order to start...and I don't know how old the battery is...diagnosis? Thanks, Jack
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08-03-2009, 07:28 PM
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If you have good juice to your headlights, dome lights etc., then you probably do not have a charging issue...probably more like a fuse, ground, or connection to your ignition switch or starter motor.
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08-03-2009, 07:36 PM
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The battery in my 928 went this spring, after making it through the winter it just suddenly would not hold a charge. I thought I had some kind of low voltage drain on it, but in fact all I needed was a battery. I never had a battery go out overnight before, but it was just done, and will not hold a charge.
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08-04-2009, 02:04 AM
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take the battery and have it load tested. advance does it free.
read this on types of batteries and charge voltage. battery vs charging voltage clean ALL major connections. pos and neg.
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