Back from the grave!

[kglenn]

So about 6-8 weeks ago a shop did a timing belt and water pump job on the G and when I got her back she blew up the next day... I came to find out that it was there fault and they completely F'D my motor and had to completely replace it. well after 4 weeks of sitting I got her back Thursday afternoon and she ran pretty good..today I spent half the day detailing and cleaning her and come to find out the battery and brake light are flashing and the car wouldn't turn on, I got it jumped and it ran decent but once I shut if off it wouldn't come back on so now I gotta see whats wrong with it... FML well heres some photos of her all cleaned up....





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[DTP]

Looks good! What made you decide to stick with the 8Gb nose?

Sounds like your alternator is gone, btw.


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[beam514]

If his alternator was bad, I don't know how long the engine would last on just the battery's charge, especially if it couldn't start with the juice that was in the battery as is.

[kglenn]

Im thinking its the battery cause I drove the car around and it was fine.. but once I turned it off and tried to restart it is when It wouldn't crank

[M-Rod]

The easiest way to check would be to take your battery to any auto parts store that does battery charging and testing. They will hook it up to a charger/tester, and it will tell you if the battery has a problem or if it's just low on charge. That way you can narrow it down to which one of the two is causing the problem.

[99 galant]

Starter? Mine use to do that. I've had to replace two starters because the dipship that replaced the first one used a "refurbished" one. NEVER do that. Saving $80 only costs you $400 down the road. I wish I knew he was using a used one.

[kglenn]

starter was replaced new with the motor

[Skyforger]

The Galant looks good despite your issues. I really like the look of those Eclipse wheels on there.

I worked on a 3rd gen Eclipse Spyder with the 4G64 with a very similar issue, and it was the alternator. Fried his starter solenoid (damn thing erupted from what I saw) and fried the starter cables. Once the starter was replaced, I noticed the alternator was putting out +18 volts, popped a headlight in the process of testing.

Oh, I might add...changing a starter in these motors is a GODDAMN PAIN IN MY ASS. D:

[DTP]

It's possible to run a little bit on just a battery alone. The brake and battery lights only come on with a dying/dead alternator.

And in turn the battery dies, obviously.


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