Today I was driving my car and did a hard pull up to near redline. When I got off the accelerator the car died on me. Motor off, CEL on, battery light on. First time this has ever happened.
I coasted a few feet and stopped the car. Started the motor and it fired right up like nothing happened. No CEL, no weird idle, no battery light on, etc.
I have been having some issues with a parasitic draw and my battery. I use an optima red top and if I let the car sit for a while (a few weeks) the battery will drain (parasitic draw?). I put a trickle charger on the battery and on two occasions when I put the battery back in it has off gassed on me after driving it for a short while. I've read a few different things about this such as you cannot trickle charge a optima red top and there is a certain way you have to re-charge them. After the second time the battery off gassed I was wondering if the battery was getting overcharged. I put a volt meter on the battery and it was getting 12V while the car was running. If I drive the car regularly I don't seem to have any issues with the battery.
Anyone have an idea of what could be the issue with the car dying after a hard pull?
Car is a 98 cobra with 26K miles
Stock motor/stock cams/ short runner cobra intake
Vortech S trim intercooler on 10 lbs tuned
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I coasted a few feet and stopped the car. Started the motor and it fired right up like nothing happened. No CEL, no weird idle, no battery light on, etc.
I have been having some issues with a parasitic draw and my battery. I use an optima red top and if I let the car sit for a while (a few weeks) the battery will drain (parasitic draw?). I put a trickle charger on the battery and on two occasions when I put the battery back in it has off gassed on me after driving it for a short while. I've read a few different things about this such as you cannot trickle charge a optima red top and there is a certain way you have to re-charge them. After the second time the battery off gassed I was wondering if the battery was getting overcharged. I put a volt meter on the battery and it was getting 12V while the car was running. If I drive the car regularly I don't seem to have any issues with the battery.
Anyone have an idea of what could be the issue with the car dying after a hard pull?
Car is a 98 cobra with 26K miles
Stock motor/stock cams/ short runner cobra intake
Vortech S trim intercooler on 10 lbs tuned
Long Tubes