Browsing Posts tagged START

Is it the solenoid, alternator or starter or could it just be that I didn’t clean the crusties off the battery cable the right way? It starts for a while but when left over night it makes the clicking sound.

Okay here’s the story my car won’t start up, every time I charge the battery and jump start it, it turns on, but after like 5 mins it turns off again. The alternator is not the problem because I tested it in autozone and its good. What do u think is the problem?

I hav a 94 chevy c1500. Yesterday the battery level dropped and starting marking low voltage on the dash. I checked the battery with the voltmeter and its at 12.17v. The alternator was just tested and its good. I put jumper cables on it from my dads car and the car started and battery went [...]

My truck (02′ ford f150) had difficulty turning on this morning, so my dad tried this trick he learned. He connected a voltage tester to the negative from the battery, and the other end to one of the spark plug caps….started right up. Can anyone explain why this worked? I’m assuming he reset something. Also, [...]

I woke up and my car battery is dead.. there isn’t anyone close to me that can jump start my car. Is there any other options?

I was letting it warm up two days ago and went inside came out 20 min later and it had died and then battery was dead i got a jump and it did fine yesterday but today it acted like battery was low and i have it on charger do you think that will give [...]

1990 nissan pathfinder. I was driving around like normal, went to a pizza store. Turn it off like 5 min later try to it turn it back on it didn’t start. Recently bought battery from walmart. Today i took battery tester and it read 5v (poor battery) ? I’m guessing i was driving around on [...]

1990 nissan pathfinder. I was driving around like normal, went to a pizza store. Turn it off like 5 min later try to it turn it back on it didn’t start. Recently bought battery from walmart. Today i took battery tester and it read 5v (poor battery) ? I’m guessing i was driving around on [...]

My car is dead and I have a 150cc scooter. Will it work if I start up the scooter and put jumper cables on the 2? it is a 12 volt battery

Ran a diagnostic test at auto zone and they said oxygen sensor and cylinder 5 was misfiring…replaced plug and wire…the engine sounds like it is trying to start and suck up gas but it wont start so i changed the fuel filter and put 2 quarts of oil in it and used my battery jumper [...]