I have a 93 Touring and the darn thing wont start. Its always dead and not holding a charge. Its not the alternator. starter......any other ideas of simple thing i could check out without hauling it in.

P.S. It starts fine if charged/jumped/whatever........

 

If the car won't start by itself but then starts when jumped...

I have to suspect either the alternator or the battery. What voltage does the alternator put out? Should be something over 12 V when running at like 3K rpm.

Does the battery have 12 V? Are all the cells in the battery wet? It's quite possible that due to a bad battery you have 12 V at the battery but you can't pull enough current through it to start the car.

If it were my car and the alternator/charging system seemed OK, I'd buy a new battery and give that a try.

Regards,
Brian

87 TII
93 R1

 

Thanks alot.......that was my original plan but i figured id check around and see if there was any other possibilities. Thanks again