Hi again!
A question about Accord 2000 LX manual, 4door, 2.3 4cyl.
Sometimes (rarely - once every few weeks) the car won't start. Once the battery was dead, once the battery was kinda low, a few times it sounded like it cranks but won't start, but later, in a few hours it would start fine. Yesterday was the most recent incident. The wife drove kids to school, when she was trying to go back the car wouldn't start (but cranked). She left it there, and in the evening I came, and the car started just fine.
Today I asked folks in AutoZone to run the battery test - it was fine. I asked for an alternator test - they said something like "volt stability test failed" but the dude wasn't sure what it implies. The car is working fine today, I double checked voltage just in case - 12.5V.
Any ideas what should be my course of investigation? Is it alternator dying? Is it time to replace it now? Or is it likely something else?
The starter motor is fairly new, under 1 year, and it cranks, so I doubt it's that...
Thanks!
P.S. Also, I figured I should get the battery and alternator tester. Is the digital "Solar BA7" any good? It got good reviews on Amazon, and it should be able to do both battery and alternator...
A question about Accord 2000 LX manual, 4door, 2.3 4cyl.
Sometimes (rarely - once every few weeks) the car won't start. Once the battery was dead, once the battery was kinda low, a few times it sounded like it cranks but won't start, but later, in a few hours it would start fine. Yesterday was the most recent incident. The wife drove kids to school, when she was trying to go back the car wouldn't start (but cranked). She left it there, and in the evening I came, and the car started just fine.
Today I asked folks in AutoZone to run the battery test - it was fine. I asked for an alternator test - they said something like "volt stability test failed" but the dude wasn't sure what it implies. The car is working fine today, I double checked voltage just in case - 12.5V.
Any ideas what should be my course of investigation? Is it alternator dying? Is it time to replace it now? Or is it likely something else?
The starter motor is fairly new, under 1 year, and it cranks, so I doubt it's that...
Thanks!
P.S. Also, I figured I should get the battery and alternator tester. Is the digital "Solar BA7" any good? It got good reviews on Amazon, and it should be able to do both battery and alternator...
Accord 2000 cranks but won't start sometimes
