Re: hard start! (alt. or starter)

[george curl <gcurl4866@yahoo.com>]

Don't forget,
12.69 volts after charging is worthless if it dosen't
hold the charge.  Not to mention, good voltage just
sitting there will tell you nothing if the voltage
drops significantly under load(aka.starting)...
George-

--- Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com> wrote:
> just alittle addition to this a fully charged
> battery reads at 12.69 volts. 
> That is of course when the car is off. HTH
> 
> 
> >From: "K.E. Baddour" <6keb1@qlink.queensu.ca>
> >Reply-To: 6keb1@qlink.queensu.ca
> >To: Sal Guzzo <yu129742@yorku.ca>
> >CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: hard start! (alt. or starter)
> >Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:26:53 -0800
> >
> >Sal Guzzo wrote:
> > > Problem:  car won't start!
> >
> >From what you've written (13v when running..car
> starts when boosted),
> >it sounds like the battery is the culprit! It may
> have trouble
> >holding a charge. What voltage does it maintain
> when it's off?
> >I'm going to guess that its much less than 12v. You
> sure it was
> >checked properly? Either way, an old battery can
> always crap
> >out any time and not maintain full charge in my
> experience.
> >
> >Kareem
> >'81 Scirocco S
> >'88 Scirocco 16v
> >
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> Chris DeLong
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