My car keeps dying.

[Kracka]

If your alternator isn't functioning properly and you're running off the battery at times you will kill the battery fast. Why waste the money on a new battery when testing is free?

Yeah no shit, getting your alternator and battery tested is free, no reason not to get it done. If your alternator is faulty, it will kill your battery real quick and cost you even more $$$.

[Tauni]

Well then I'll see if I can do it tomorrow. But that doesn't mean I'm going to immediately buy anything. That was pretty much my point, maybe I didn't make myself clear. But this month I get to buy school books and pay insurance which is pretty much going to total out to about $400. I for sure CAN'T afford anything else.

[tim]

If your alternator isn't functioning properly and you're running off the battery at times you will kill the battery fast. Why waste the money on a new battery when testing is free?

I agree. With short trips you can run off the battery for a couple days. To me it sounds like your alternator is taking a shit. Car batteries are not meant to be charged and discharged multiple times. If your alternator is junk and you already had a close call your battery could fail too.

I would make sure your alternator is working under load, if Steve replaced the batt before you bought it I doubt it is the problem, although it is possible.

Your symptoms do not seem to be drivability related, they seem electrical and should be found out for sure before you are left stranded.

[Tauni]

Ok I'm sooo confused.

I took my car into Checker and had Nick look everything over. He checked the alt. and the battery. The battery was pretty much good, but he took it in and charged it up anyways, just to be sure. The alt. was good too. He also cleaned off the connectors and put some of that goopy looking shit [I not good with names] on there as well.

It hasn't been dying since the other day UNTIL we started testing shit and playing with shit today. I have no idea what the hell is going on with it. I know Nick made sure everything was tightened up and everything. I don't get it. Are there any sensors that would make it do this type of shit?

[SLOW_V]

^^^If you don't know it. Just be like most woman and drive until it dies. Then said, I didn't know I needed to add some blinker fluids. j/k

Keep driving your car until the problem comes back. GL.

[Tauni]

^^^If you don't know it. Just be like most woman and drive until it dies. Then said, I didn't know I needed to add some blinker fluids. j/k

Keep driving your car until the problem comes back. GL.

Thats my point. It IS back. Its still fucking up.

[mdost03]

Maybe check the ground wires connected to the body of the car. Could be a loose connection there as well.

[A//// Guy]

Its probably whatever is throwing the engine code. There has to be a way of checking the code... not using a logger either. Use a regualr diagnostic reader.

Off topic- Oh and tauni.. by your books used off amazon. You can get them half price or lower. Thats how I do it. Then when your done, sell them back on there and you get over half you money back.

[SLOW_V]

The older cars you can't code read them. You might need to jump the some pins where steve hooked up the pocket logger to and count engine light flashes to get the codes.

When was the last time you did a tune up? Check the ignitor, rotor and cap..etc..

[Tauni]

Maybe check the ground wires connected to the body of the car. Could be a loose connection there as well.

Thats what we are going for next. I hope its npthing but a bad ground.

Its probably whatever is throwing the engine code. There has to be a way of checking the code... not using a logger either. Use a regualr diagnostic reader.

Off topic- Oh and tauni.. by your books used off amazon. You can get them half price or lower. Thats how I do it. Then when your done, sell them back on there and you get over half you money back.

Yes, but don't forget that when the car runs shitty, engine light is off. When it runs good, engine light is on.

The older cars you can't code read them. You might need to jump the some pins where steve hooked up the pocket logger to and count engine light flashes to get the codes.

When was the last time you did a tune up? Check the ignitor, rotor and cap..etc..

Exactly and then you have to decifer what the damn flashes mean, and pray to god you counted all of them. With my luck I would have missed one.

I just bought the car a few months ago. I don't know exactly what all Steve did with it before he gave it to me.