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jenovax4
03-18-2004, 06:48 AM
Ok. I have a tercel 94. I'll try to explain what happened. I don't know much about cars so i'll do my best. First i started to have troubles starting so i had the battery tested. The battery was done so the guy sold me another one. (Used) Also he told me the starter was not ok because of the noise my car make when i start it. It's pretty much like if i were keeping the key pushed even after the car is started. But well i didn't have the money and he said i could still start with no problem. Everything was fine for about 6 weeks. Then one morning the car won't start. So i boost it using another car. It stay on for about 10 min then stop. So i boost it again. Then i go. While i was driving i start the heater... Everything stop! So i boost again and finnaly got to where i was heading. So anyways i ask a friend who know about cars to give me a hand. He say that might be the alternator so we start the car and he remove one of the wire from the battery. The car stays on. So he said that the alternator have to be fine. But i asked him to start the heater. The car stopped...Last night i recharged my battery. I was thinking it would start...with a full battery since he started with a boost. It didn't. A small door light went on for some seconds when i entered the key but then nothing. Like the car's dead or something. I'm getting desesperate to find the cause. What could it be? What could i try?
Any help would be very appreciated.
And sorry for my english.
Tx

5peedCoupe
03-18-2004, 10:50 PM
all i could think the problem could be is the alternator or the battery. i see that you tested the alternator so that should be fine.. have you tired a new battery?

Asiandude03
03-19-2004, 12:51 AM
Some thing is draining your battery dry. You must have a short somewhere between your ground or postive. Check all your wires. I had seen this problem kinda before on a friends car. He had a short in his ground wire. We couldn't figure it out at first. We tryed everything like you did. And all it was. Was a short in the ground battery cable. Let me know how is goes.

wyldakkord
03-22-2004, 02:43 PM
check ur battery wire mybe its looose or mybe ur alternator or fuse