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Car Advice in this thread please
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:02 AM
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2008 F150, dead AF. Bought GooLoo jumpstart thing we all discussed last week, worked like a charm. Immediately jumped the truck and it ran. Then it cut off. Jumped it again, ran for a couple minutes, disconnected the jump starter. Let it run, drove it around the block, zero issues. Cut off and then it will not restart. Jumped a third time, no issues starting with the jumper, let it run maybe 10 minutes, tried my hand at measuring the voltage with a multimeter but I am too stupid to use that apparently. Got "OL" on it but couldn't figure out how to change the range, but that is another issue.
Anyways, after I cut the truck off and tried to crank it, not much and then dead again. Like it wanted to turn over, but it wouldn't then nothing.
So am I looking at a bad battery or an alternator? I have no warnings on the dash. Is there a good way to determine this? I am thinking of just taking the battery out and taking it up to an AutoZone or something to let them test it. Anything else I should be doing besides fucking myself or eating a bag of dicks?
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Take it to autozone and get the MAN (not women) behind the counter to test it
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:03 AM
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sounds like a bad alternator
Also, eat a bag of #####
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Also check your multimeter and make sure it's on DC and not AC***
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:04 AM
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Mebbe starter?
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:03 AM
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I don’t know #### about cars
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Heisman Winner [105978]
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Same boat here, I'm just an idiot when it comes to cars
Mar 4, 2024, 10:06 AM
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and most other things.
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That's why most of us bought a #### box early. You have to learn how to fix it***
Mar 4, 2024, 10:10 AM
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The subject line makes the message redundant.***
Mar 4, 2024, 10:19 AM
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Im thinking that eating a bag of d1cks
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:10 AM
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is a bit superfluous here.
Me, myself, ima call Triple A guy. I’ve found tow truck drivers to be undervalued members of the auto service community and they generally know more than you’d think.
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Take a long handle screwdriver and bridge the + terminal and - terminal.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:13 AM
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If you get a nice loud pop and impressive spark, your battery is/was charged.
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How old is the battery?
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:16 AM
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My first thought was alternator but I'm not sure it would drive with a bad alternator. My guess is the battery or the starter.
Is a starter a car part? IDK, I'm terrible with cars.
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Alternator***
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:18 AM
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thats what me thinks***
Mar 4, 2024, 10:53 AM
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Good alternator won't charge a dead battery in a few minutes.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:19 AM
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Maybe after a few hours of constant windshield time, but go ahead and charge the battery. Then get it tested by AutoZone or whoever.
Good luck.
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Lot o points [156309]
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A good alternator doesnt need a battery to keep
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:20 AM
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The vehicle running once started.
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He ran it around the neighborhood for 10 minutes the second time
Mar 4, 2024, 10:25 AM
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Alternator doing it's job. Battery not so much.
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Jump it again and take it to AutoZone or Advance or wherever.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:21 AM
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Leave it running, have them come out and test the battery. If it's not the battery, it's almost invariably the alternator. Battery is easier to change than alternator. Fortunately, it's not your Pilot, because getting the alternator in and out of that thing suuuuuucks.
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People. THE CAR CUTS OFF WHILE RUNNING.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:22 AM
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Alternator.
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I don't think that's what he's saying.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:25 AM
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He turned the key to turn the car off, and it wouldn't restart.
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Bingo
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:26 AM
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"Then it cut off"
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:29 AM
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Maybe he’s not Hemingway, but I don’t think that’s how he would intentionally phrase actively turning the car off. If I’m wrong, shame on you greenr. That’s the worse writing ever.
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Heisman Winner [105978]
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I'm not the worse writer on hear
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:36 AM
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but I'm not the better either.
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Re: "Then it cut off"
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:48 AM
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"Jumped it again, ran for a couple minutes, disconnected the jump starter. Let it run, drove it around the block, zero issues. Cut off and then it will not restart."
Agreed, vague at the end. Could be "it cut off" or could be "cut it off"
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On an 08 F150 with a good alternator
Mar 4, 2024, 10:31 AM
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You could physically disconnect the batter after it was started and it would keep running.
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This was an '89 240SX.
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:41 AM
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If I touched the brakes after jumping it, it'd stall.
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Have you owned any cars not beloved by the drift crowd?***
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:42 AM
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Fast and Furious XIII - Hoboken Drift***
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Mar 4, 2024, 12:22 PM
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Heisman Winner [105978]
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It only cut off when running once, the first time it cranked. It hasn't
Mar 4, 2024, 10:34 AM
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run since October, I chalked that up to the old bitch needing a minute or two to get going. Otherwise, it has idled and run fine. Maybe I jump it and drive around a little more today, or maybe I let it sit another week.
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Gotcha. If thats the case then yeah
Mar 4, 2024, 10:37 AM
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Going with battery likely, flaky voltage regulator second.
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Do what the rest of us do and watch a youtube video
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:36 AM
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alternators on those older trucks aren't that hard to switch out. Batteries are even easier.
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One wild card
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:24 AM
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Not sure if it has much/any corrosion, but could be a corroded or loose ground cable.
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First of all: good for you to completely put aside 100% of your pride
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Mar 4, 2024, 10:50 AM
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and asking this group for help.
Secondly: Oh I don't know. I think it's been well covered in here. Battery/alternator. Probably battery. Pull it out and take it to Autozone to have them test it. Report back with findings. I don't want to overload you with too much information at once.
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MAYBE HE'S JUST OUT OF GAS
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Mar 4, 2024, 11:05 AM
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have YOU thought of that. pig boi ?
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Re: Car Advice in this thread please
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Mar 4, 2024, 11:36 AM
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my lexus did the same thing, replaced the battery, good to go
could be both
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Nice, is it a Lexus, LX, four and a half
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Mar 4, 2024, 11:44 AM
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Bulletproof glass, tints if I want some ass
Gonna blast, squeeze first, ask questions last
That's how most of these so-called gangsters pass
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Re: Car Advice in this thread please
Mar 4, 2024, 12:15 PM
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Re: Car Advice in this thread please
Mar 4, 2024, 1:08 PM
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Sounds like it needs a new Johnson Rod.
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Take FBCooch's advice, then do the exact opposite
Mar 4, 2024, 2:53 PM
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Problem solved
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