Do it my way and you can check right now.

 

customer the same thing today about his montero, alternator was shot

 

i didnt see your response on battery swap.

 

if the battery died while driving it why does it keep restarting?? and all the lights work just fine...yeah it has a weak battery but somehow starts the car every time...t just wont stay running!

 

i will first thing tomorrow! thanks for the alternator advice! you guys are awesome!

 

why ask help if you're gonna argue with us? just try a different battery to get it out of the way.. its called trouble shooting, the answer isnt gonna come out and bite you.. you have to find it yourself. sometimes it takes hours sometimes it takes minutes. just depends how lucky you are and how much good info you have in finding the solution to the problem.

 

Definitely the battery, I forgot to put my battery on trickle charge one year, charged the battery to put it back in for the winter(mini batt in summer) drove around, ran some errands, stopped to pick up a pizza wouldn't start. Jumped it, ran for minute, died. Giving out completely is the battery. Alternator the radio stops working, and the lights go dim.

 

well the radio works and lights work gauges work....just motor stalls itself

 

all an alternator does is alternates power to keep load off the battery, so how does an alternator stop the radio from working? everything relies on the battery only.. the alternator is just there to keep the battery charged when driving and used as you can say a "generator" to keep battery in good health.

everything relies on battery. you can run a car without a alternator and will perform the same way without a alternator granted the battery is strong. of course once you start to drain down the battery the car will flip out and start giving improper voltage spikes to every component on the car and things will start to wig out and click and can short out.

 

Well, maybe its not the battery, but you can rule it out quickly. From your video it does appear that the battery is getting weaker every time you tried to start it. I would also take a look at the plugs, because the cold start table can foul the plugs out, you have prob tried this process several times now and they might need to be replaced. Then start looking at the alternator, if the battery and alternator are good, I would start looking at grounding points.

 

I am speaking based on if your driving along the freeway for instance, because if the alternator stops working then the car runs off the battery alone like you said and sometimes depending on the amp draw of the radio the battery that is starting to get low because its not being charged, doesn't have enough juice to keep the radio playing but car will keep driving for a 1/2 mile or so. All the while the lights get dim and the dash gets dim. If the battery is on its way out, you may be able to start and drive it for however long you want, because the alternator is keeping it going, but if you stop and shut it off, it might not start.

 

agreed. radio would be the first thing to go.

 

line up crank and both cam gear timing marks.. confirm the timings correct as well. just another thing to knock out.

 

its like your car is running out of fuel, and after its trying to build pressure again, would be a good idea to check fuel pressure, fuel pump acting up

 

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