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100 degress today! My Z left me stranded for the first time EVER. Jump start got me going, but if I turned on the headlamps the HICAS light on the dash would come on. Limped home. Pulled out the old volt meter, and at idle, 14.3 volts. So it is charging. Turned the car off, 11.2 volts. :( Seem that the battery is not holding a charge. Battery stats:
50 month Interstate
460 CCA
575 CA
model 24F-50 Installed March 1996! So it's 63 months old. Popped the caps, and all are low. Should I just top off with distilled water, get it started, and let it be. Should I get it going, and find an Optima? Or should I just replace the battery now with whatever I can find in the morning? Also, on a few accasions (less than 10) when starting the car (5-sp), the starter motor doesn't engage, and it just *zings*, for lack of a better term. I was dreading a bad flywheel, or starter. Could this be related to the weak battery?? Thanks,
Todd (no reaction time)
246 ground pounding horsies
264 earth shattering pound feetsies '91 TT 33,688 miles (Damn Daily Driver broke, miles are piling up)
'89 Mazda 323 GTX
'67 Galaxie 500 Daily Driver, with $700 in brake mods, no compression on cyls 5 & 6. The "For when I get a bigger garage" list: '70 240Z - it started it all
'79 RX-7 - best follow up car
'71 Honda S600 - they are so damn cute
'66 GT350H - Rental cars are so cheap!
'69 Boss 302 - Why not?
'86 SVO - best handling Mustang ever
'90 Q45 - M5s and E55s cost a bit much
'95 RX-7 - but only in Silver
'91 TTZ - word - PURCHASED |
