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Bad Starter do you think or Battery?
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<blockquote data-quote="ShelbyGT5HUN" data-source="post: 15463041" data-attributes="member: 161356"><p>Sounds like a discharged battery. Not enough amps to keep the starter gear engaged. Before you dismiss the battery, do this simple check, it's saved me a couple of times already on various vehicles. </p><p></p><p>When you measure the voltage, DO NOT stick the probes on the battery posts, as your only source of checking battery voltage. Stick the probes on the terminals, THEN compare it to the voltage read at posts. If you see a a tenth or two difference, then you should clean the terminals. </p><p></p><p>If you have a loose or corroded terminal, you won't detect it if you only check on the battery posts, you will throw the battery out, (and in the process of cleaning the terminals and changing out the battery, you inadvertently "fixed" the original problem which was a dirty or loose connection), for no reason. If there is enough corrosion between the post and the terminal, even though the battery is good, you will have symptoms just like your video. </p><p></p><p>I still say it wouldn't hurt to clean the lead terminals with a good battery terminal brush, get the posts too, make it all shiny, then try it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShelbyGT5HUN, post: 15463041, member: 161356"] Sounds like a discharged battery. Not enough amps to keep the starter gear engaged. Before you dismiss the battery, do this simple check, it's saved me a couple of times already on various vehicles. When you measure the voltage, DO NOT stick the probes on the battery posts, as your only source of checking battery voltage. Stick the probes on the terminals, THEN compare it to the voltage read at posts. If you see a a tenth or two difference, then you should clean the terminals. If you have a loose or corroded terminal, you won't detect it if you only check on the battery posts, you will throw the battery out, (and in the process of cleaning the terminals and changing out the battery, you inadvertently "fixed" the original problem which was a dirty or loose connection), for no reason. If there is enough corrosion between the post and the terminal, even though the battery is good, you will have symptoms just like your video. I still say it wouldn't hurt to clean the lead terminals with a good battery terminal brush, get the posts too, make it all shiny, then try it. [/QUOTE]
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