Starting issue
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Starting issue
A recent starting issue has come up lately and it kind of has me boggled. I will go to start my truck and it cranks very slowly then dies. Nothing but clicks. Then when I get a jump, it starts fine and the volt meter looks fine. Is this a starter relay or solenoid?
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cause batterys are actually measured at cca or cold cranking amps and with the temp going down the batterys have a harder time starting cause the cca is lower there fore the colder it gets the harder to start
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No, it would die when driving if your alternator was bad or your battery had a bad cell (not likely).
If the battery is older than 2 years just replace it. You want to check your alternator take a multimeter and put it on the battery posts when the trucks running. 14v or so is good, anything less and its bad. A good, fully charged battery is 12-12.5v.
If the battery is older than 2 years just replace it. You want to check your alternator take a multimeter and put it on the battery posts when the trucks running. 14v or so is good, anything less and its bad. A good, fully charged battery is 12-12.5v.
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It could just be dirty cable to battery post connections. But most any place that sells batterys will test your battery for free.
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no cause while your driving the alternator actually is what you are running off of and it just charges the battery so the battery is really only there to get the truck started
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