why is my car doing this too me ?????
Asked by Darren Dec 07, 2013 at 12:56 PM about the 1989 Honda Prelude 2 Dr Si Coupe
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
i have a 89 prelude 2.0 si i bought a new battery and a new alternator it will run as long as its on a jump from another vehicle but other than that it will run for 2 minutes and shut off with the battery completely drained
2 Answers
migration_judge_roy answered 10 years ago
....yes without proper ground (1/0 battery cable) from the battery to the chassis ground...this one will be full of corrosion by now...take the bolt off, wirebrush the lug....wirebrush the chassis to assure 300 cold cranking amps...your alternator is "cookin' itself" without a proper ground connection...the battery is OLD because they only last about five years without any LEAD in that anymore (me own Father's doing)~.....so in summation, scrub the connection clean [high amps blue spark semi- conductor}....get a NEW battery....smile, it could be worse~
i could see that being my problem i had a hunch that might be whats it problem is thanks man youve confirmed my suspicions and the alternator does feel hot after running it when it was running lol