got a question, my car cranks fine when its cold, but after driving around for about 15 or 20 minutes, and turn the car off, it turns over real slow like the battery is almost dead or something, but only does it when the car is hot? then today when it was hot i went to start it and nothing, so i sat there for a minute and pressed the clutch again and turned the key and it started?
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You need to check your battery cables to make sure that they are clean and tight, both at the battery and at the block and starter. If the positive cable has "green fuzzy's" showing under the insulation then a new cable may be needed. As temperature goes up, electrical resistance also goes up. If you check with a volt meter at the starter and there is 12+ volts there, it does not mean that the cable can flow the amperage to the starter to allow it to work. If just 1 strand of the cable is good it will show 12+ volts, but no amperage (volume) of electricity will flow.
ls1beater4eva
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have you messed with the timing any too if you have take some out bc sometimes that is a sign of timing being to high
mustangfan1990
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mine does the same.....mine keeps making my starters go bad i think but....check on your starter relay. If the connections are rusted real bad it will do that. Mine was rusted BAD and when my car would get hot and you tried to crank the car my starter would grind and the starter relay would start glowing red from the pos cable side
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I Am telling you I am almost CERTAIN it is something to do with your starter solnoid connections....Mine would go to crank lights on the dask would come on and everything then to go to crank and nothing....not even a click. then I would let it sit for a little while and it would do it again. I was driving down the road and my car cutoff and wouldnt even try to do anything. I turned my key on and left it on the on position and went and start jiggling wires and I heard the fuel pump come on and cleaned my connections on the solnoid and problem fixed
mustangfan1990
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Clean your conections and make sure they are nice and shiny....If I was you I would go ahead and buy a new pos. battery cable while you was at it. They arent expensive or hard to put on
mustangfan1990
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Yeah it is raining here too, it rained HARD last night. First thunderstorm we have had this year
mustangfan1990
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I have never heard of kinston NC where is it close too. I know down around York SC they had tornadoes last night
hmm, you heard of greenville nc, or goldsboro? its about 30 mins south of greenville, 20 mins east of goldsboro
mustangfan1990
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yeah a real good ways, ive been to lenoir one time when i was younger, well im gonna make the trip to car quest to get some parts, i will check back later with the results if the rain finally stops
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