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can a car start without an alternator?

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Old 01-30-03, 05:18 PM
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can a car start without an alternator?
can it?
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should but wont last to long
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sure, it will start and run until the battery is dead
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thx, will a car start with a shorted alternator?
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Did you short your alternator?
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no i have a short somewhere else in the car that is seems to be killing everything
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I have driven without an alternator a couple times when belt has snapped on me and had to make it home. Can actually last quite a while if you do not use your headlights or stereo or anything like that. Not sure how long it will last if you say you have a short somewhere that is killing everything though.
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Yes you can start a car w/out an alternator w/out any trouble. BUT I do hope you have a high capacity on the battery (read the reserve capacity/time...that'll tell you how long you can run w/out the alternator). Mine is rated at 100min.
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