General auto repair questions answered

[Piotrsko]

60% charge probably means you sulphated the plates somewhat. Heavy mechanical vibration might loosen the sulphate and allow it to fall down to the bottom of the battery but at some capacity loss.

Charging voltage and current loss can be measured by any cheap modern digital voltmeter. In seres with the battery for current and not more than 200 ma, across the two terminals for charge. You need to see at least 13 and max 15.6 volts for charge

[me and my metro]

This may take a few posts from people with different backgrounds to solve. I am not an expert on batteries. Deep cycle batteries have their use and place in the automotive world. They are not a good starting battery, they are designed for slow discharge and recharge. They are designed for many deep cycles hence the name.

Automotive batteries are constructed differently and they are designed to take a quick 100 amp discharge to start then a quick 100 amp recharge to float voltage. If you have a higher starter draw and Diesel starting aids like glow plugs or intake air heaters use multiple batteries.

My newest Ford gas powered trucks have a single group 65 battery and a 150 amp alternator.

All my Diesel power equipment have multiple batteries. The glow plugs draw 200 amps and the alternator is delayed until glow plug use is over. I want to see 14.4 - 14.5 volts at idle with the batteries at full charge. If I don’t see that I still have a problem.

Checking parasitic draw on computer controlled cars is interesting. Some batteries tolerate draw better than others. 500 millivolts is a good thing to stay under. My company installed automated vehicle locators on most of our powered equipment a few years ago. This system wakes up twice a day and sends a quick text to the vendor about the vehicle. This is not much draw but If the vehicle sits for a few weeks without starting the battery will die.

Low use vehicles have either a battery disconnect or an onboard maintenance charger. The 1.5 amp size works for the single battery trucks and a 5 amp size keeps the big trucks charged.

[Xist]

Do you think the starter is the main thing wrong with this Corolla? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0614664545603/

Can you normally push-start a car with a bad starter from second?

[Fat Charlie]

The seller suggests flipping it, but it looks like that already happened.

[Xist]

I wonder what the previous owner said.

I replaced the starter in my Accord. How hard could it be in the Corolla?

Not hard!

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[Tahoe_Hybrid]

Originally Posted by Xist

Video is better than photographs:

I almost bled to death one time, but I drank stop-leak, and it fixed me right away!

How about tire stop-leak? That stuff is awesome, right?

Stop leak works BUT

by pass the Heater core before hand..

also after wards you will need to install a new thermostat and ECT sensor

That is after Flushing the stop leakout

[Xist]

Well, JR said to buy the Corolla, so I messaged the owner.

We didn't discuss the coolant leak!

[me and my metro]

If the Corolla was an automatic no, however the picture shows a stick shift lever so yes. I would do some research about the Corolla engine. I know there are some Camry’s that are not worth buying.

[Xist]

I am telling Shouty!

They responded to my first message immediately, but only one of the two questions. I forgot the first rule of on-line dating: Only ask one question at a time. Eventually they finally ask me something: "Why so many questions?!"

Except probably with worse grammar and punctuation...

Of course, the other explanation is that she doesn't want to tell me for how long she has owned the car.

It has been hours. It is weird when someone responds to one question immediately and then ignores me.

[Xist]

Will someone please translate?

We bout it from my bro in law who had it for 5 years— always took care of it. My 16 year old did who know what one night and we stopped driving it. New battery, needs a starter.. and hadn’t been driven since knowing of the leak. May be a hose or may be radiator