OT: 1991 Ford Probe help
11-03-2002, 07:02 PM
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OT: 1991 Ford Probe help
I know, I know... Not a Porsche.
Ford Probe has ZERO electricity. The battery was replaced last week and the car ran fine for 4 days. One morning, no power. No interior lights, no nothing.
Jump start the car. It starts two minutes after being hooked up. Run the car for 5 minutes with the cables connected. The Probe shows "normal" on the battery gauge. As soon as I unhook the jumper cable the car dies. Again, no electricity at all.
What could it be? The car is old and has an old alarm with a kill switch on it. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Ford Probe has ZERO electricity. The battery was replaced last week and the car ran fine for 4 days. One morning, no power. No interior lights, no nothing.
Jump start the car. It starts two minutes after being hooked up. Run the car for 5 minutes with the cables connected. The Probe shows "normal" on the battery gauge. As soon as I unhook the jumper cable the car dies. Again, no electricity at all.
What could it be? The car is old and has an old alarm with a kill switch on it. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you!
11-03-2002, 07:46 PM
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it shows normal while the cables are on it because it is reading the other cars charging system. Take the battery out and have it tested, it may have a bad cell in it, if not then it is a charging problem. If you have another car with a good battery throw that one in for a test to see what the charging system does.
11-04-2002, 10:25 AM
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If you find that the new battery has a broken cell connector. Or a cooked cell. Make sure that your regulator is not overcharging the battery and cooking it. Your regulator should be apart of your alternator. take it off and have it tested.. I do not know your car. the regulator may NOT be apart of your alternator..HTH.
11-04-2002, 10:44 AM
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Sounds like a bad alternator. Maybe you can get it out to test it? For the 4 days that it was running, all the electric power was probably coming from the battery, until it finally died b/c of a lack of recharge. Just a thought.
