so im driving down the road. driving pretty calm the whole time. then the radio starts turning off. than back on. and starts doing that more often in the next 2-3 minutes. then the car starts sounding shitty. the gauge starts to read from its normal rich to VERY lean. i can hear to turbo spooling crazy so i know that the gauge isnt wrong. its getting hot in there. i go to pull over and the car dies out before i can. i try and restart so maybe i can see something happening, but the batteryis dead! WTF?



so i tow it back to my house. its almost 12am so i leave it until the morning. so i try and start it...the battery will barely turn over the engine. i use my jump pack it it starts up perfect as it usually does. i let it run for a minute and pull the pack off. it dies. i re-attatch it and i start it again. Vroom...it starts. let it idle and rev it a little. then leave the pack connected but turn it off. bam, the car shuts down...



i dont want to jump to conclusions, but im thinking the battery just took a ****. but why would it do that? i never had a battery problem. im not thinking th alt. is bad. but i havnt tested it yet...



any ideas why the battery would do this, or what do you think it is?

normally if it runs on a pack, but not in its own then the alternator has probably failed



test the alternator.

Yer alternator is ****, if you pull the cable off the battery and it dies its yer alt. Go have it tested

damn you rob, i was typing fast i knew you were gonna beat me https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif and you know me typing fast is like 200wpm

I am 95% sure it your alternator.. sometimes when a alternator is going out it can put a big strain on the battery and fry it also..

be sure to charge up your battery if changing the alternator



I have some odd problems in the last few years with batteries- they dont make em like they used to thats for sure

I recommend if changing the Alt to change the battery too I've been screwed by having Alt **** out prematurly due to it trying to charge a fucked up battery

I concur. Have the battery checked out before getting a a new one, its for free at most autoparts stores. Some batteries can take some abuse and others only last a few hours with a dead alt.



Its funny how the radio is always the first thing to go screwy when the alt goes.

it`s funny the last thing people think about is the alternator when this happens

Oh yeah.... It happened to me when when I first got mine... Its usually a really good idea to kick it over 3k rpm... and the alternator is usually a common problem (I don't know why...)

im taking the alt. to get rebuilt, and gonna drop the battery off at autozone.



i hate when i drive normal and the car takes a ****. but when i beat on it she rides perfect...ehhh

Throw your radio in the garbage.

whys that?

PM sent

hmm gonna go out on a limb here and say i think its your alternator.



oh wait what, guess im a tad late, woops.



kevin.

i never had an alt. die on me while driving. it was just wierd the way the car acted. but makes plenty of sence when i look at it now.

i think you need an alternator.



kevin.

I'm just surprised you had an alternator failure and the battery light didnt come on in the centre cluster.

dont think it still works.

Never liked them.

not a fan of music?

the reason why i didnt want to think alt. right away was it is brand new, and there were no early signs. it just was like BAM...dead

were you able to exchange it?

nah, the people at the one i went to were ultra dumb. so im heading to the other one tomorrow. she didnt know the store info or whatever you got it from. i gave her the name and number. but like i said she was ultra dumb...