Battery dying…

[FAMOUS_GODSON]

Hope someone can help me with my issue. A few days ago my battery light came on while driving. I thought it was the battery cable being lose, so i checked but that wasn’t it.
Then while the car was running i wanted to check if it was the alternator that was messing up so then i took of the positive cable off and the car turned off. I had to jump it.
I notice that the dashboard lights were very low as well as the headlights, when trying to drive the car, it hardly had power to move. I took off the alternator and took it to my near by autozone to have it checked. They said it was working fine. I am thinking my problem is the rebuilt starter i had put two months ago, mabe causing a shortage or something…

If anyone has any suggestions please let me know… Will be much appreciated

[Fleetw00d]

Check the wires to and from the alternator. If your alternator is working, somehow the current isn't getting to the rest of the car and it is running on the battery.

[drew12000]

watch these.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...he+car+guy+alt

[NVmyCB7]

Had the same problem for me it turned out to be a faulty ground. I used a volt meter to see how much it was putting out of the alternator and then I checked how much was actualy getting back to the battery. Alt was putting out 14.2 and only 11.23 was getting back to the battery. Volt meter is also usful to check for paracitic drains. When car is off and battery is beeing drained by the car.

[Zato]

Hope someone can help me with my issue. A few days ago my battery light came on while driving. I thought it was the battery cable being lose, so i checked but that wasn’t it.
Then while the car was running i wanted to check if it was the alternator that was messing up so then i took of the positive cable off and the car turned off. I had to jump it.
I notice that the dashboard lights were very low as well as the headlights, when trying to drive the car, it hardly had power to move. I took off the alternator and took it to my near by autozone to have it checked. They said it was working fine. I am thinking my problem is the rebuilt starter i had put two months ago, mabe causing a shortage or something…

If anyone has any suggestions please let me know… Will be much appreciated

sorry to hear your problem , i had this same issue ! actually 4 times! the first time was the rust or green thing that builds around the terminals was making the grown bad and the batter would not charge right the 2nd time one of my hoses snap and my car had blown head and kept going then die like half way all lights dim on the dash each time i drove around 1 mile 3rd time was alternator 4th time battery same thing bc the rust or w.e dint let it charge so i killed it finally gave out.. =(

[Leung]

^^^^
Oh you mean the little green mushrooms of corrosion? I just use baking soda and water to clean it off then I slather some dielectric grease on it.

[Fleetw00d]

If it is on the terminals, make sure you remove them and clean the insides and the battery terminals. The corrosion can actually progress back into the wire under the insulation as well - had to replace one of my cables because of this.

[ferenza]

also check the power wires that go into the fusebox. Those are very prone to corrosion alot.mine were green all through the wires when i split the casing so i replaced them.

[FAMOUS_GODSON]

Hey guys, thanks for trying to help me with my battery issue. Much appreciated!!!

Well i did what all of you suggested but couldn’t find the problem, I checked terminals all the wires and fuses but everything look good. I had no option but to take the alternator off the car for the second time. took it to AutoZone again and this time the guy there told me it was bad… lol I was happy i finally found the problem, but was kinda ticked off I had to take it there twice for them to tell me it was bad since the first time they said it was good … kinda figured the girl that checked it the first time was nobb. Well now at least i got to find the problem…