Rapidrob
Veteran Member
Last Saturday I drove out to a friends house,down 22 miles of dirt road.
Sunday morning I went to start the car. Glow plugs turned on and timed out. When I went to start, the battery was as dead as a door nail. 14 volts at the battery,but the battery would not carry a load what so ever.
The battery was two years old.
I took it to my local car parts store and they tested it with a computer tester
for batteries and it failed the first test instantly. The cells shorted out under load.
The battery tray in my car is like new and still has all the rubber vibration pads in it. The clamp was tight.
Could the drive down the dirt road have damaged the old battery?
The new one was very expensive as the Type 45 battery is no longer common. ( no one had a 96 either) I had to order the new battery from town and have it delivered to my store in the sticks.
Sunday morning I went to start the car. Glow plugs turned on and timed out. When I went to start, the battery was as dead as a door nail. 14 volts at the battery,but the battery would not carry a load what so ever.
The battery was two years old.
I took it to my local car parts store and they tested it with a computer tester
for batteries and it failed the first test instantly. The cells shorted out under load.
The battery tray in my car is like new and still has all the rubber vibration pads in it. The clamp was tight.
Could the drive down the dirt road have damaged the old battery?
The new one was very expensive as the Type 45 battery is no longer common. ( no one had a 96 either) I had to order the new battery from town and have it delivered to my store in the sticks.