groovey
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Battery/starter issue
00 1.9 TDI new Beetle anytime the temp drops below freezing it will not start and not even make 2 revolution on the engine, one day after I jumped started it rolling down the hill the tech at a battery place said the battery was fine and there was a 600 amp draw from the starter. No problem I understand with that amount of amp draw is way too much for any dc starter.
So here my question so if the starter is eliminated in a test rolling it down that same hill with the key in the on position as if we are driving the vehicle and the vehicle does not start how can we determine it is the starter and not the battery in this scenario?
Can't we now condemn the amount of electrical energy stored in the battery all cell were ck after the vehicle was driven to the shop
00 1.9 TDI new Beetle anytime the temp drops below freezing it will not start and not even make 2 revolution on the engine, one day after I jumped started it rolling down the hill the tech at a battery place said the battery was fine and there was a 600 amp draw from the starter. No problem I understand with that amount of amp draw is way too much for any dc starter.
So here my question so if the starter is eliminated in a test rolling it down that same hill with the key in the on position as if we are driving the vehicle and the vehicle does not start how can we determine it is the starter and not the battery in this scenario?
Can't we now condemn the amount of electrical energy stored in the battery all cell were ck after the vehicle was driven to the shop
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