My engine die ...
#1
My engine die ...
Hi guys I was driving my car and I notice that the fan was a little slow so I put it all the way to high and after 15 sec or so the car die and it feels like there battery is dead it didn't crank and the radio dies and the radar turns on and off ..so than I push it down a hill and pop the clutch and it start it after 15 or 20 minutes of drive it dies again .. I do smell something burning I'm not sure if it is the alternator but it smells somewhere around there kind of were the fusebox is on top by the altenator ..so can it be the altenator or is there a short in the wires I didn't have the chance to jump it with jumpers cause is raining ..if any of you guys had this happen please let me know ..
many thanks to all ..
many thanks to all ..
#2
sounds like you need to get a new battery for sure, and maybe an alt. have the alt checked at autozone or pepboys ... anybody that will sell you one will normaly check yours. batteries are funny ... they will seem to have a little charge left if you let em sit for a bit ... dunno why this is, but i have had it done to me too.
get the alt checked, get the battery checked - both can be done while still in the car btw. that is my first guess ... if it's more than that and you don't feel comfortable dealing with it, take it to the shop, but be ready to pay.
g'luck mate! cheers
get the alt checked, get the battery checked - both can be done while still in the car btw. that is my first guess ... if it's more than that and you don't feel comfortable dealing with it, take it to the shop, but be ready to pay.
g'luck mate! cheers
#3
Originally Posted by Abimax95
Hi guys I was driving my car and I notice that the fan was a little slow so I put it all the way to high and after 15 sec or so the car die and it feels like there battery is dead it didn't crank and the radio dies and the radar turns on and off ..so than I push it down a hill and pop the clutch and it start it after 15 or 20 minutes of drive it dies again .. I do smell something burning I'm not sure if it is the alternator but it smells somewhere around there kind of were the fusebox is on top by the altenator ..so can it be the altenator or is there a short in the wires I didn't have the chance to jump it with jumpers cause is raining ..if any of you guys had this happen please let me know ..
many thanks to all ..
many thanks to all ..
#4
dead battery cell, alternator is burning up too. when the alternator will not charge the battery, the battery in turn starts overheating and drying up one cell at a time. happened to me last year, always when its hot, it drains battery's much faster. thats why people put battery's in the fridge, to preserve life and re-charge.
#6
Supporting Maxima.org Member
iTrader: (29)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Middleboro/Carver, Ma
Posts: 4,572
to the last post. It's clearly an alternator failure. And it's a GIANT MYTH that a failing alternator causes the battery to go junk. The only time that happens is when the voltage regulator fails and overcharges the battery, not every time an alternator fails like most people think.
#7
engines dies
Thank all of guys is all a big help I wasn't 100% sure that it was the alt since here is been raining cats and dogs I could not do much but I will for sure start with the alt ..
Thanks A million guys ..
Thanks A million guys ..
#8
Originally Posted by Abimax95
Thank all of guys is all a big help I wasn't 100% sure that it was the alt since here is been raining cats and dogs I could not do much but I will for sure start with the alt ..
Thanks A million guys ..
Thanks A million guys ..
#9
Originally Posted by max ride 41
dead battery cell, alternator is burning up too. when the alternator will not charge the battery, the battery in turn starts overheating and drying up one cell at a time. happened to me last year, always when its hot, it drains battery's much faster. thats why people put battery's in the fridge, to preserve life and re-charge.
Is it ok to put it in the freezer?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
shilov
4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999)
13
02-19-2024 09:40 PM
derekinthez
7th Generation Classifieds (2009-2015)
2
11-13-2022 04:00 PM
sctludwig
3rd Generation Maxima (1989-1994)
8
09-01-2022 01:32 PM
ballerchris510
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
6
09-11-2015 05:29 PM