gt wont start
01-07-2008, 07:53 PM
#11
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
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RE: gt wont start
for the harry home owner yes it may work but out in the field I have to be 100% accurate on repair verification = no comebacks or I lose money...it all boils down to how accurate you want the diagnosis vs repair to be....either way you can do that methood at home
01-07-2008, 09:07 PM
#12
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RE: gt wont start
ORIGINAL: mjr46
THE PROPER WAY TO check for a parasitic draw is to use a multimeter set to the amps function.....and why not a test light???? because when you have a draw of lets say slightly over a 100 milliamps vs the safe max spec of 25-50 milliamp..then it'll be very difficult to determine if you've eliminated all of the draw....a test light will work for a large draw but not very accurate for small ones......so pull out your ammeter and remove the neg battery terminal and hook the multimeter/ammeter in series and if there is no draw on the battery at rest you should get a reading of 25-50 milliamps max.....make sure all doors are shut..glove box light and trunk light off and sunvisor lights off and under the hood light unplugged when checking for a parasitic draw
ORIGINAL: simpsonfan13
i replaced the battery and alternator cuz the battery kept dying.
i replaced the one (battery) it was sold to me with and it died like in two days.
i replaced it again and bought a new alternator. the battery has lasted
for a good while now (~a week). i know think it`s the starter
because of the noise i keep hearing, and the fact that my dad couldnt start it a day agao and i started it yesterday on 3
non-consecutive ocations.
and fourfivefour
what do you mean by hood light? how do you uninstall it?
also are test lights available at say napa?
i replaced the battery and alternator cuz the battery kept dying.
i replaced the one (battery) it was sold to me with and it died like in two days.
i replaced it again and bought a new alternator. the battery has lasted
for a good while now (~a week). i know think it`s the starter
because of the noise i keep hearing, and the fact that my dad couldnt start it a day agao and i started it yesterday on 3
non-consecutive ocations.
and fourfivefour
what do you mean by hood light? how do you uninstall it?
also are test lights available at say napa?
what do you mean by "hook it up in seiries thoug?
so if the multi meter dtects no abnormalities what would the next step be?
01-07-2008, 09:17 PM
#13
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 30,863
RE: gt wont start
ORIGINAL: simpsonfan13
ok guess il go buy a multi meter
what do you mean by "hook it up in seiries thoug?
so if the multi meter dtects no abnormalities what would the next step be?
ORIGINAL: mjr46
THE PROPER WAY TO check for a parasitic draw is to use a multimeter set to the amps function.....and why not a test light???? because when you have a draw of lets say slightly over a 100 milliamps vs the safe max spec of 25-50 milliamp..then it'll be very difficult to determine if you've eliminated all of the draw....a test light will work for a large draw but not very accurate for small ones......so pull out your ammeter and remove the neg battery terminal and hook the multimeter/ammeter in series and if there is no draw on the battery at rest you should get a reading of 25-50 milliamps max.....make sure all doors are shut..glove box light and trunk light off and sunvisor lights off and under the hood light unplugged when checking for a parasitic draw
ORIGINAL: simpsonfan13
i replaced the battery and alternator cuz the battery kept dying.
i replaced the one (battery) it was sold to me with and it died like in two days.
i replaced it again and bought a new alternator. the battery has lasted
for a good while now (~a week). i know think it`s the starter
because of the noise i keep hearing, and the fact that my dad couldnt start it a day agao and i started it yesterday on 3
non-consecutive ocations.
and fourfivefour
what do you mean by hood light? how do you uninstall it?
also are test lights available at say napa?
i replaced the battery and alternator cuz the battery kept dying.
i replaced the one (battery) it was sold to me with and it died like in two days.
i replaced it again and bought a new alternator. the battery has lasted
for a good while now (~a week). i know think it`s the starter
because of the noise i keep hearing, and the fact that my dad couldnt start it a day agao and i started it yesterday on 3
non-consecutive ocations.
and fourfivefour
what do you mean by hood light? how do you uninstall it?
also are test lights available at say napa?
what do you mean by "hook it up in seiries thoug?
so if the multi meter dtects no abnormalities what would the next step be?
01-11-2008, 12:21 PM
#17
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ca
Posts: 43
RE: gt wont start
yah if you hear clicking your probally experiancing some starter problems if you want a quick but ghetto way to start it when your turning the key have somebody else tap the starter with a hammer this will unstick the starter and will let u turn the crank over it worked for me before i replaced my starter[:-]
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