Weird battery/ ignition prob?

[kschumake83]

did you look below the fuse box? chances are if there was corrosion above the box, there is corrosion below the box too. you might have wires below making a bad connection and that is what is giving you the issues. If the problem went away for a bit I would put money on more corrosion.

 

[PUGLIA]

Ill take a look but I'm getting pissed now. Someone mentioned the starter having a dead spot causing the problem but now my tow haul comes on randomly and my radio lost all saved presets just from turning it off and restarting it. All day today it struggled to turn over as if my battery is weakening because of all the hits from trying to get it started. One minute it has signs of electrical the next mechanical!


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---------- Post added at 09:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 PM ----------

Ill take a look but I'm getting pissed now. Someone mentioned the starter having a dead spot causing the problem but now my tow haul comes on randomly and my radio lost all saved presets just from turning it off and restarting it. All day today it struggled to turn over as if my battery is weakening because of all the hits from trying to get it started. One minute it has signs of electrical the next mechanical!


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[PUGLIA]

Ok well I feel stupid. Finally fixed the problem! It was the altenator of all things. Would have never figured it out. Went down to get a load test on the battery. Well the orielly guy said the battery was fine but found it odd that the alt was a 60 amp, lol. So while it was running he put load after load on it and we saw the Amps drop before our very eyes. 60 58 56 49 ect. So folks what did we learn today? If you have an electrical problem go get your battery load tested and do multiple tests as you check your amperage!


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[PUGLIA]

Ok getting really pissed! It's baaaaack! Don't know why or how but this is pissing me off. So far new battery new altenator still the same problem. Don't understand how it goes away for weeks then starts right back up just as random and as often as before. I know I have to be in the right area of the issue or the problem wouldn't have gone away for a while. My only next option is to replace cables. What do you guys think?!

Ps the battery was 850cca only producing 500cca . When the problem started there was no corrosion on the cables. When I changed the battery there was a ton. So I'm wondering if the cable is corroded. Only way to check that I know of is to split open the cable unless someone has another way


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[PUGLIA]

Okay so I've narrowed the problem down to a heat issue under my hood. It seems that every time my truck runs for a prolonged period of time the fuse box and the battery area Under the hood Get extremely hot. So hot that when I tried to take out my battery and took off the bar across the top I actually burned my finger. Every time he gets too hot my truck will not start without a connection problem not a corrosion problem from any outside corrosion I can see and every time like I said the temperature gets too high if I thought my hood and open the fuse box cover let it sit for about five minutes it cools off enough to where the truck fires right up. Has anyone ever ran into this problem or does anyone know a solution to stop my truck from getting so hot


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[PlazaEJ]

Don't know how or why heat would be involved. However, have you checked the other end of the battery cables. I know you checked the battery end, but what about the ground end of negative cable and other end of positive.

HTH

 

[PUGLIA]

I have and no corrosion or loose cables. Still does it now that I know the problem it's not random at all. When the truck gets hot its a no start no crank. When it cools
Off enough it fires right up. I'm lost!


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