Nova Wake
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- Location
- N. Chittenden, Vermont
ALTERNATOR OR BAD CELL, or other?
Ok now my jeep is on the side of the road away from me for the night but here is the problem.
About three months ago my check engine light came on and i lost all power to my jeep and it stalled at an intersection, i rolled it to the side of the road and tried to start it again about 10min later it started fine and there was no cel anymore. Ok its been fine for three months.
resently the cel came back on, and stayed on for a day go away for two and then stay on two days. And if i let it sit for two days my truck wouldn't like to start, it wouldn't get any power no buzzers no lights nothing, then leaving the ignition on for a min all power would restore and be fine the rest of the week. But today, everything got real dim and then dimmer and the nothing. Jumped it once lasted about 200 yards before it stalled, jumped it again stalled in another few hundred yards, everything would get dim dimmer and the nothing. Tried to jump it a third time and didn't want to start at all, lights still on but so dim barely visible. turning the ignition it would try turn over and then just click repeatably. Also my radio would turn on and off, on and off. And my heat would only work on high but it sounded like it would fluctuate the amount of air it would blow.
95 jeep Cherokee automatic 4,0 194,000 miles
I did smell plastic or rubber burning once maybe twice but didn't take alarm and may be unrelated. Now my question is is it the alternator? or is a cell blown in the battery? or other? does a bad battery throw a cel?
if its the alternator what tools precisely do i need to do a side of the road repair?
Ok now my jeep is on the side of the road away from me for the night but here is the problem.
About three months ago my check engine light came on and i lost all power to my jeep and it stalled at an intersection, i rolled it to the side of the road and tried to start it again about 10min later it started fine and there was no cel anymore. Ok its been fine for three months.
resently the cel came back on, and stayed on for a day go away for two and then stay on two days. And if i let it sit for two days my truck wouldn't like to start, it wouldn't get any power no buzzers no lights nothing, then leaving the ignition on for a min all power would restore and be fine the rest of the week. But today, everything got real dim and then dimmer and the nothing. Jumped it once lasted about 200 yards before it stalled, jumped it again stalled in another few hundred yards, everything would get dim dimmer and the nothing. Tried to jump it a third time and didn't want to start at all, lights still on but so dim barely visible. turning the ignition it would try turn over and then just click repeatably. Also my radio would turn on and off, on and off. And my heat would only work on high but it sounded like it would fluctuate the amount of air it would blow.
95 jeep Cherokee automatic 4,0 194,000 miles
I did smell plastic or rubber burning once maybe twice but didn't take alarm and may be unrelated. Now my question is is it the alternator? or is a cell blown in the battery? or other? does a bad battery throw a cel?
if its the alternator what tools precisely do i need to do a side of the road repair?
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