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Gday all,
This started a couple of days ago and I dont know whats going on. My battery is only a year old and the alternator was replaced about a year ago too. Yesterday my ZL Fairlane started to get sluggish on ignition and today it stalled at a set of lights and I couldnt start it again. The battery was clicking rapidly and seemed to be flat. I called roadside service and they jump started me, and tested the readings across the battery and alternator. They said they were fine and the alternator was doing its job. I drove home about 15 kms later and stopped out the front of the house. I turned my lights off and tried starting...the battery seems flat again. The terminals and cables were cleaned and checked/tightened by the roadside assistant, what else could it be and what else could I check.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers
Manny
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hi i might not be much help, but try putting a different battery out of one of your mates cars or somthing and see if its still playing up. just a suggestion
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like saturn said try another battery it may have dropped a cell.i also have had a a starter go lazy on me and even with a good battery it would just turn over and i mean just,a mate had a new dry cell battery and we tryed it but the same thing,i changed t
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Thansk for the help fellas. I had a closer look at the cells today and noticed a buit of build up on the first cell...right up out of the fluid. looks like it may have shat a cell. New battery 2morrow and we'll see how she goes.
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Yep...definitely the battery...under load she wasnt holding more than half the current she was supposed to.
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