If a battery is completely dead and has been dead for some time it may not accept charge at first. Often booster cable are too thin and too long to start a car which is cold and has not run recently, especially if you don't wait for the battery in the dead vehicle to charge up some. Put a battery charger on the dead one and let it charge for 12 hrs or so. If it doesn't show about 12 V after operating the headlights for a minute, you probably need a new battery. Larry A.
Cindy Taykowski wrote: >Hi, >I am the owner of an 87 westy. We had not driven it in a while, it was really really cold.....and now it won't go. The battery was dead, I am sure. We jumped it, it had power for the beeps and dash lights. But the engine wouldn't turn. So we tried to pop it. the speed wasn't good, but the battery was already completely dead. > >When we were jumping it the engine would crank very slowly, it never got good speed. Any ideas on where to go next? >thanks, >cindy and tim > > > |
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