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#7 of 12 Re: [lithium] by tboom13 Dec 08, 2008 (6:45 am)
Replying to: lithium (Dec 07, 2008 3:25 pm) I picked up my Intrigue Friday afternoon and have been driving it around since. No problems. It was 9 degrees outside this morning when I started it up and it turned over with no problem. My mechanic told me it was the end of the cable that connects to the alternator. It was an $8 cable and a couple of hours of labor to replace it.
#8 of 12 by lithium Dec 08, 2008 (6:57 am)
me and my dad are going to see if we can find the problem are selves to avoid labor cost. ive pretty much isolated that its the wiring or the alt. im trying to jump my car right now but it so dead idk if ill get it started with this little battery charger's 80amp thingy...
#9 of 12 by lithium Dec 08, 2008 (7:10 am)
wow that was funnnn. good thing i check it this morning. i got a college final at 1. took me 30min to get it goin. had to charge the battery then use the 80 amp jump. im going to let it run for alittle then take it around the block.
#10 of 12 by lithium Dec 09, 2008 (1:48 pm)
alright i got smart last night and desided to try something. i charged the battery up and then i let the car sit all night with alarm armed and system hooked up. this morning the battery was dead. voltage read with the chargers was below 9. i charged it again tonight and ill check in a few hours to see if its draining. i can run the test all night because i have finalls in the morning and i need the car to be able to start when i get up.
#11 of 12 by moonshadow Dec 10, 2008 (3:21 pm)
If you keep letting the battery discharge that much you will kill it.   If itis cold enough a discharged battery will freeze and it will kill it faster.   Have you verified that you trunk and or glove box lights are going out?   You will only solve this problem by a logical approach. Recharging the batt and hoping that it will mysteriously start working is a waste of time and possibly a battery.   You need to hook an ammeter in series with one battery lead and measure te current drawn. It should start around an amp and settled down to a 100 milliamps after the cpu cycles after rehook up.   If the current stays higher than 1/4 amp then you need to start pulling fuses one at a time until the current drops down and there ya go.
#12 of 12 by lithium Dec 10, 2008 (5:12 pm)
sorry i didnt discribe what i was trying to do very well. i think we might have some leads to possible corrosion on the wiring.   even with the charger on it all night the battery wasn't holding a charge. i think the battery is fried. plan is to get the free replacement from walmart and go to advance auto. they can do the real testing to see if the alternator is putting out the juice.   back to the my corrosion thing. reason im leaning towards it is because 1) battery terminal corrosion could explain low charge on battery 2) wire corrosion along any point on the charging system could explain low charge on battery 3) car will run with dead battery so alt is still functioning   **please correct me if im wrong**   also it appears that the previous owner may have had a corrosion issue at the battery pos end of the wire. it looks like its been cut back afew inches. reason i suspect this is because my car is suppose to fit a larger/longer battery but the wire wont reach the terminal.   **this is mostly speculation. please advise me with other idea's and solutions**

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