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NEED HELP NOW...MEANING TONIGHT

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Danman765432

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This is pertaining to my batter and i really need help so i could fix it tomorrow before i go to get my car painted and repaired.

First off it is a new battery and a new alternator less then 4 months old

Well i dropped my friend off at his house and my battery light came on. When i was driving it battery meter would not charge up like it normally did and it would stay low. So i wound up taking it up on the highway and it was still going down. On the way back after giving up hope my lights and everything got brighter all of a sudden and it was charging properly. Then i pulled into a well lit parking lot and sanded down my battery terminals and connectors since they had a little corosion on them. I then was driving home and then it did the same exact thing as before when it wouldnt charge.

Well in the past few days i jumped my brothers camaro twice, left my doors open for a few hours since i painted my doorjams, but i did start the car to charge up the battery for 20 mins and then disconnected it so the lights inside wouldnt stay on.

Also the weather tonight was pretty humid and it was drizzling earlier on.

I just need to fix this since i dont want to be screwed over and have to make another appt with painting my car.

Thanks for reading the story,
-Dan
 
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Help With Battery

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Probably your alternator, mine did the same thing. An alternator is one of those things that can go bad whenever it desires to lol 1 day old or years old its just one of those things.
 
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if it is the alternator again this is really going to blow...since i just spent 100 on a new one. but the thing is it is not acting the same way as when my other alternator went. At least with my other one if i reved it up the battery meter would go up.
 
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Sound lke the alt just isn't charging, take it to have it checked.
 

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did you get the pulley on tight when you put the new alternator in? is your belt making any noise and is it spinning the alternator?

check wires/ connections. could have an internal break in a wire in your cables.
 

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+1 for a dead alt
 
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