Well, the truth is there was probably nothing wrong with the original battery. And we will stipulate that there is no drain and yet the battery keeps going dead after two weeks of running. He tested the thing to make sure there was no current drain that might kill the battery overnight. The alternate he put in is terrific, and he even put in a voltage regulator. So Dodge van, the battery keeps going dead. The puzzler question is, what's going on here? I mean, other than the fact that he's spending a lot of money!īeyond that fact, what's going on technically to cause this? Until finally one morning, it's dead again. And if you charge up the battery fully, even without doing any other repairs to it, it may run again for two or three weeks. The battery is fine and there are no drains on the system. And yet every two or three weeks, the battery goes dead. All of the components in the charging system are fine. You know, the dome light isn't on, glove compartment lights. They put in a new voltage regulator and made sure the belt is tensioned correctly. He goes back and gets another alternator and another battery, all under warranty, of course.Įach time they're putting in the best quality parts. Right to the click, click, click when he tries to start the car. But it was the same guy so, a new alternator. He puts a new alternator in and everything is alright for a few weeks.Īnd then, lo and behold, a few weeks later the same thing happens again. If it were a new mechanic, he would have said to replace the battery again. The neighborhood mechanic said, "You need a new alternator." Of course, this was the same mechanic who replaced the battery, so he had to say something different. So, he took it to his neighborhood mechanic. He went out to start it one morning and turned the key. Then a few weeks later, the battery was dead again. He'd had a new battery put in because that's what you do. And the problem was that the battery was going dead. We had a customer that came in with a Dodge van. This was during my brother's tenure as Senior Floor Sweeper and Chief Mechanic. I was reminded of a car we had come in, many years ago. I was reminded of this while I was in my office, talking to myself and reading through technical service bulletins.
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