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bparsleyfl
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Hi folks ... I had a problem pop up this weekend that I was hoping someone might be able to help with:
I have an '82 that hasn't given me too many problems regarding the battery, but yesterday I was driving it quite a bit in the middle of the day and it was pretty hot outside. I stopped at a gas station to fill up, and when I got back in the car a couple of minutes later, the car wouldn't start. I would turn the key and ... nothing. The battery seemed to have enough juice to run everything on the car but not enough to start it. Anyway, about an hour had passed after waiting for a ride back to my house to get jumper cables and getting back to my car, and I tried the ignition to see if anything would happen. The car started right up. I just drove home at that point, and right after stopping the car, I started it up again with no problem. Probably 10 minutes later I tried to start the car again ... not enough power. I took the battery out to charge it ... my charger showed it at about 50%. Just a few minutes later I checked the charger and the battery was at 100%. (?) Much later I put the battery back in the car and so far I haven't had a problem. But almost the same thing happened a few weeks ago, this time at night: I was in line at a drive-thru that was kinda backed up a ways, so I was stopped and idling for quite a while before getting my food. I would say about 25 minutes passed between first pulling up and finally pulling off. Something under the hood started making a squeaking noise (maybe a belt) as I was pulling off, and it kept making that noise until I stopped. I got out and looked under the hood (not that I would know what to look for!) and then got back into the car. Wouldn't start. No power. Luckily I was with a friend at the time and he drove me to Wal-Mart where I figured I would just buy a new battery just so I could move the car. Turns out they didn't have the one I needed, so we went back to the car. About 15 minutes had passed. The car started right up. So it seems like whenever the car gets really hot, the battery loses power and can't start the car, but once it cools off, the car starts right up. What is happening here? And is there a way to fix it? The battery is probably 6 months old and the alternater is only a couple of months old. Someone suggested to me yesterday that the alternater might be overcharging the battery, making the fluid inside boil, and then when it cools it goes back to normal. That's the first time I have ever heard of such a thing. Sorry to make this so long, but any advice y'all can give will be appreciated!!!
I have an '82 that hasn't given me too many problems regarding the battery, but yesterday I was driving it quite a bit in the middle of the day and it was pretty hot outside. I stopped at a gas station to fill up, and when I got back in the car a couple of minutes later, the car wouldn't start. I would turn the key and ... nothing. The battery seemed to have enough juice to run everything on the car but not enough to start it. Anyway, about an hour had passed after waiting for a ride back to my house to get jumper cables and getting back to my car, and I tried the ignition to see if anything would happen. The car started right up. I just drove home at that point, and right after stopping the car, I started it up again with no problem. Probably 10 minutes later I tried to start the car again ... not enough power. I took the battery out to charge it ... my charger showed it at about 50%. Just a few minutes later I checked the charger and the battery was at 100%. (?) Much later I put the battery back in the car and so far I haven't had a problem. But almost the same thing happened a few weeks ago, this time at night: I was in line at a drive-thru that was kinda backed up a ways, so I was stopped and idling for quite a while before getting my food. I would say about 25 minutes passed between first pulling up and finally pulling off. Something under the hood started making a squeaking noise (maybe a belt) as I was pulling off, and it kept making that noise until I stopped. I got out and looked under the hood (not that I would know what to look for!) and then got back into the car. Wouldn't start. No power. Luckily I was with a friend at the time and he drove me to Wal-Mart where I figured I would just buy a new battery just so I could move the car. Turns out they didn't have the one I needed, so we went back to the car. About 15 minutes had passed. The car started right up. So it seems like whenever the car gets really hot, the battery loses power and can't start the car, but once it cools off, the car starts right up. What is happening here? And is there a way to fix it? The battery is probably 6 months old and the alternater is only a couple of months old. Someone suggested to me yesterday that the alternater might be overcharging the battery, making the fluid inside boil, and then when it cools it goes back to normal. That's the first time I have ever heard of such a thing. Sorry to make this so long, but any advice y'all can give will be appreciated!!!