A week ago my car failed to start, which ofcourse drained the battery but I got a bump start, got it home and checked out the battery and if the alternater was doing anything, gave it a charge overnight and it started straight away and has been as normal since then untill today after work. Try to start it and it does one pathetic attempt at turning over and then the fuel gauge and temp gauge fly to the top and back down and the trip resets, although the radio doesnt. Got home, 30ish miles, got the multi meter out again and its showing 12.6V with everything on and then 12.4V with the car off, the last time it was showing 13.2 with everything running once I charged it for a bit.
My hunch is that the alternator is charging the battery but the battery cant hold its charge?
My hunch is that the alternator is charging the battery but the battery cant hold its charge?