Please Help

[yoscirocco at hotmail.com (daniel savatteri)]

Thanks again for all the good tips, I'll do the idiot check and the other 
sugestions you had tonight, i'll let you know how it went.

>From: T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
>To: daniel savatteri <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Please Help
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:52:41 -0800
>
>daniel savatteri wrote:
>
>
>>>From: T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
>>>To: daniel savatteri <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
>>>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>Subject: Re: Please Help
>>>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:24:04 -0800
>>>
>>>daniel savatteri wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ok so i've had to drive the scirocco as my dd for the past couple of 
>>>>weeks cause my crappy corolla blew its head gasket.  Anyway I started it 
>>>>last night to let it warm up, i go back outside to leave about ten 
>>>>minutes later and the engine isnt running,  I try to turn it over and 
>>>>nothing. All the dash lights are working but my headlights are dim.  So 
>>>>i jump it,  it takes a little time to get the charge from my mothers car 
>>>>but it tuns over.  I drove home and let the car sit running for a good 
>>>>hour before shutting it off for the night.  It would not start this 
>>>>morning even with a jump start, just cranks and will not tun over.  
>>>>Please someone help me out, It will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sounds like a dead battery and/or an Alt that isn't charging.
>>>
>>>btw- A depleted battery needs to be recharged as soon as possible to 
>>>avoid clogging the plates up inside. Reduced life and capacity are to be 
>>>expected if it sits around run down.
>>>
>>>Lets start there and see where we get.
>>>
>>>TBerk
>>>
>>>
>
> > Thanks for the reply,
> > you're right that is the place to start but the Alt
> > and the battery are brand new.  i think i might try running another
> > ground directly to the alt housing from the neg batt. terminal, maybe
> > that will help  .org seems to think so.
> >
> >
>
>
>As do I. You might have a short somewhere. You can test for current draw 
>across the fuse terminals, one at a time remove each fuse, test for amps 
>and replace, on to the next.
>
>(Testing for amps at the battery terminal might provide enough amperage to 
>blow your tester, I doubt it, unless the Ign is ON, but I caution you 
>nonetheless).
>
>What we have is a failure to charge. At least that's what it sounds like 
>here. When the car is running are you getting 12.5 volts or more measured 
>across the battery terminals? If not (& I doubt it is) the car is running 
>off the battery, hence your symptoms.
>
>You might do an Idiot Check, as in checking for the obvious- loose wire 
>syndrome, crusty (but often invisible) corrosion on battery posts, cables, 
>and grounding points, etc.
>
>Is this a 16v? They often have a missing/corroded/disconnected ground strap 
>from the back of the head to the firewall that aids in proper charging. 8vs 
>aren't immune from this either, in general.
>
>Look, I'll be checking back periodically, tell me how's it going.
>
>TBerk
>

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