2000 Buick LeSabre oncoming starting problem


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2000 Buick LeSabre oncoming starting problem

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Tim011
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Jul 29, 2013, 9:47 AM

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Thanks for help ahead of time.

2000 Buick LeSabre @ 95,000 miles

OK buick stalled on me when turning wheels hard to park. When restarting sounded like it wouldn't but caught. Parked it for night, in morning started right up. What seems to be happening is when run for short period of time, turned off and then restarted it sounds like it won't start but does - I assume this will soon change. If run for a time and left it appears to start as it should.

Does this sound like alternator or a battery? Can an alternator put out less than supposed to and therefore need a longer ride to charge the battery? Thank you for taking the time to help with this issue.

Tim

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Jul 29, 2013, 10:01 AM

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All you have to do is test the battery and charging system and find out.

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Jul 29, 2013, 7:52 PM

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it takes around usually 8-15 (depending on starter size alternator size and various other things) minutes of running for your alternator to put the juice back in he battery that it takes to start it. so if you start it to drive to the end of the driveway to check your mail 15 times a day or any other such short trips. you might have problems.

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Jul 30, 2013, 2:41 AM

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Contrary to popular belief, alternators are not designed to recharge a dead battery.

They are designed to maintain a battery. Using them to recharge a dead battery will overload them and often cause them to fail.

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