Fired up the car today and the needles didn't do a sweep
So, did you end up getting a new battery, keeping the old one? How did the cables look? Did you check the negative wire and trace back for a good ground/lose connection?
Fired up the car today and the needles didn't do a sweep
Well I tried to kill 2 birds with 1 stone. I pulled the battery out and took it to autozone so they could do a load test and charge test on it. Said it needed to be charged, so I left it for them to charge (free). I cleaned up the contact points on the terminal cables and on the battery itself. I went back, put the battery on, had all terminals scuffed to a far better connection and the car fired up fine. For the last 2 days I turned on the car just fine, no cutting off at all...and yesterday when I fired it up the needles didn't sweep at all. I hope this has resolved my situation. I can't pinpoint what it was but it may have been a combination of the battery needing a slight charge and the terminals needing a bit of scuffing for a better connection (note: no corrosion was on battery or cable ends)
If the needles go all the way up and back down you need a new battery. That ones damn near done.
Glad to see someone else state that...LOL.I'm a mechanic and I've had batteries that checked out at 12 volts but when you load test them they're totally shot. Plus with you cleaning the terminals it probably helped a little, wasn't completely charging.
Good to hear it man. Glad I could help.Yeah I think it wasn't completely charging. So a combination of point of contact and low charge on battery. Been 1 week with a perfect starting car now