indeed i did, had to boost my batt tho the cold killed it

and then i needed coolant , so i shut the car off, mixed some up- put it in.

bout 10-15 min after i shut it off.....

the batt is dead....

is this a short, or lack of a good alternator.

 

well if the cold killed it, then yeah, it's dead, and the alt probably fried trying to fix it.

 

Your alternator wouldn't charge the battery after only running it for a few minutes. No alternator would, they don't charge that much. You'd almost have to run the motor for 24 hours to have the alternator completely charge the battery.

Put a charger on the battery if you don't want to have to jump it every time you want to start the motor.

 

well it was on for about hmmm 20-25 min as the boost- ill just buy a new battery i spose