Comments on: my ford taurus (1993) won’t start but the battery appears to be working.? http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: hsueh010 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html/comment-page-1#comment-1353 hsueh010 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html#comment-1353 Starters can go just like that with no warning. If the battery is dry, it's possible the battery is your problem. The lights and Radio draw very little amperage compared to the starter motor. However typically jump starting it will give it enough from the donor car. However if the battery is as dry as you seem to indicate, it's still possible that it's the battery. Take the battery into autozone or similar parts store to be tested. They will also test your starter motor for free to determine if either one of those is the problem. Starters can go just like that with no warning.

If the battery is dry, it’s possible the battery is your problem. The lights and Radio draw very little amperage compared to the starter motor. However typically jump starting it will give it enough from the donor car. However if the battery is as dry as you seem to indicate, it’s still possible that it’s the battery.

Take the battery into autozone or similar parts store to be tested. They will also test your starter motor for free to determine if either one of those is the problem.

]]> By: deedee http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html/comment-page-1#comment-1354 deedee Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html#comment-1354 the starter or the alternator. have a mechanic check it. the starter or the alternator. have a mechanic check it.

]]> By: smokey http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html/comment-page-1#comment-1355 smokey Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html#comment-1355 try cleaning the battery connections try cleaning the battery connections

]]> By: sbr1676 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html/comment-page-1#comment-1356 sbr1676 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html#comment-1356 sounds like their is a loose wire some place under the hood or you my friend need too shell out the money for a new distributor cap real soon. sounds like their is a loose wire some place under the hood or you my friend need too shell out the money for a new distributor cap real soon.

]]> By: SaulGoode http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html/comment-page-1#comment-1357 SaulGoode Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://taurusanswers.com/my-ford-taurus-1993-wont-start-but-the-battery-appears-to-be-working.html#comment-1357 Did it die after you picked the person up or did you shut it off and once you tried to crank nothing? If you shut the car off I'd have a mechanic look at the starter. Do you get clicks or whirring or anything when you crank? Are the lights dim when they come on? if so might be alternator but I'd start with starter, depending on the car might be only $125- 200 bucks. Did it die after you picked the person up or did you shut it off and once you tried to crank nothing?

If you shut the car off I’d have a mechanic look at the starter.

Do you get clicks or whirring or anything when you crank?

Are the lights dim when they come on? if so might be alternator but I’d start with starter, depending on the car might be only $125- 200 bucks.

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