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2002 Chevy Silverado 1500 Jump Start than Dies


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PeteCT
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May 1, 2010, 4:12 PM

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2002
Chevy
Silverado 1500
4.3L V6

Hello I just bought a pick-up at an auction from a nearby town. When I picked it up I got it to start after jumping it and let it run for a little while, then started driving. The electronics would start to go crazy the ABS, battery, check engine and parking break lights would flash on the dash, and every 10-20 seconds the spedometer, odometer, and all the dometers would drop down to zero then jump back up to what they had been at. When I took my foot off the gas the lights would go off and all the dometers would be at normal levels, the only light that came on said "low coolant" (it does need coolant). Anyways I got the truck not even a mile and all of a sudden it died. I had a tow-truck come out and he jumped me, I was able to drive the 10 miles home without it dying again but the electronics still were going crazy. There was a also smell every time I stopped at a light coming from the truck. Alternator?

Thanks!


nickwarner
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May 1, 2010, 4:39 PM

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sounds like an alternator. Most likely the battery will be trashed too after being run dead so much. Its a risk you run at an auction.


PeteCT
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May 2, 2010, 3:13 PM

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Thanks for the advice, changed out the alternator and it runs fine, no electronics problems. However I still pick up that smell it seams to be coming from the back right passenger side wheel. Not sure if it's breaks or something from the tail pipe.






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