Car wouldn't start.

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 09/21/2015 at 10:05 • Filed to: bullmobile

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Jumped it and let it run for 20 minutes. It didn’t look like it was charging but I needed to go to work so I took off. I only got about 100 ft (30 meters) down the road before it died and I coasted to a stop on my neighbors yard. Probably the alternator.

Luckily it did not die on the 1:30 trip I took with my son the other day that would have been lots of fun.

Bullmobile was towed to the shop and my wife brought me to work.

Takuro Spirit > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 10:19

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Car Problem Brothers we are.

CalzoneGolem > Takuro Spirit 09/21/2015 at 10:23

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Nooo! Not the Camry!

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 10:30

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Mines broke too... Time to re mortgage the house .

CalzoneGolem > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 09/21/2015 at 10:34

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The v-12 Merc? Yikes!

Sam > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 10:35

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Make sure to test the battery, too. My Porsche kept dying, turned out the brand new battery was a dud.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 10:36

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Meh, I’ve had to replace the alt on my E38 twice.

At least yours is not water-cooled and needing to evacuate the radiator to replace it.

CalzoneGolem > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 09/21/2015 at 10:39

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Yeah just need to remove 3 bolts and the drive belt.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 10:40

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Yeah, a suspension hose came loose somewhere in front of the front right wheel, it actually shouldn’t be too expensive, unless it's the strut itself

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 09/21/2015 at 10:40

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Probably won’t be enough....

CalzoneGolem > Sam 09/21/2015 at 10:40

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I’m not going to be fixing it. It went to a local shop that I trust. Had to get work for the man.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 09/21/2015 at 10:41

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Add that to the list of reasons to never own German Engineering...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/21/2015 at 11:11

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German Engineering: cleverly solving problems that were created by the last clever solution. To a problem that didn’t exist.

fhrblig > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 11:14

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I had a Sable many moons ago. When its alternator died there was almost no warning. My sister and I were rolling down the street toward home when the radio suddenly turned off. I thought “that was weird”, started to roll up the windows and they stopped working just before they all closed. When we pulled into a space, the car was just dead before we even put it in park. Not once did the battery light come on. Good times.

CalzoneGolem > fhrblig 09/21/2015 at 11:15

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Yup, drove it all day and parked it. The next day I turn the key and nothing.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/21/2015 at 13:08

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Well said

RazoE > CalzoneGolem 09/21/2015 at 16:49

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That sucks. This morning I got in my car, turned the key 1 quick crank and CLICK. Everything went black and only the airbag and oil light turned on. I got out, disconnected the positive battery cable, and then reconnected it. I got in and she fired right up.

Very weird as all my radio presets were still there and my trip meter hadn’t reset.

Never had this issue before with the car, but you never know when it wants to act up.