PreviousMaximum574@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year ago

Completely dead car battery, jumper box used box used.

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Completely dead car battery, jumper box used box used.

PreviousMaximum574@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year ago

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Which gives it enough juice to start but soon as I unhook the Jumper, it dies again.

I leave it on and the car runs for a short bit then dies.

Does this mean the battery is shot?

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11 months ago
Maybe the battery, alternator, regulator, bad ground. Get it started, drive it to a chain auto parts store, and ask them to test it for you. If it is bad and you purchase a battery from them, they will install it for free.

This is in the US, not sure it applies elsewhere.

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