slagona
06-08-2004, 07:20
Don't let this happen to you:
Hopped in the suburban yesterday morning, went to crank her over - almost nothing!!!
I sat there and thought about it for a few minutes - thinking there were no warning signs of this problem......
However, over the last few months, I seem to remember it starting easily when cooler our - harder when warmer out. I dismissed it each time thinking diesels don't start harder when warm out.....
I was also ignoring the progressively slower cranking speeds. It was such a gradual decline over a long period of time - I didn't really notice the cranking speed was diminished.
Final analysis: One battery with a least one completely dead cell. Not bad for 180K miles, 5-6 years of service.
Just remember that warmer weather shows the true condition of your batteries and cables.
The only way I could get it started was by removing the dead battery and putting in a different one to get it started. The only battery I had on hand wouldn't fit in the tray, so I had to disconnect it after starting, drive it to get new batteries - leaving it running the whole trip - then replace them at home. My cranking speed is now back to where it should be - about twice what it was before.....
Hopped in the suburban yesterday morning, went to crank her over - almost nothing!!!
I sat there and thought about it for a few minutes - thinking there were no warning signs of this problem......
However, over the last few months, I seem to remember it starting easily when cooler our - harder when warmer out. I dismissed it each time thinking diesels don't start harder when warm out.....
I was also ignoring the progressively slower cranking speeds. It was such a gradual decline over a long period of time - I didn't really notice the cranking speed was diminished.
Final analysis: One battery with a least one completely dead cell. Not bad for 180K miles, 5-6 years of service.
Just remember that warmer weather shows the true condition of your batteries and cables.
The only way I could get it started was by removing the dead battery and putting in a different one to get it started. The only battery I had on hand wouldn't fit in the tray, so I had to disconnect it after starting, drive it to get new batteries - leaving it running the whole trip - then replace them at home. My cranking speed is now back to where it should be - about twice what it was before.....