Overheated shut off, starts but shuts off shortly after start

1996 SATURN SC2
208,000 MILES • 1.9L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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MARKR423
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My car overheated on me going down the highway then shut off on me. when I went to start it back it acted like my battery was dead. I used my jump box got it started and it shut off after I took my jump box off. could a bad alternator,pulley or battery be the problem?
Oct 7, 2019 at 2:02 PM
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SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

This sounds like you could have a dead battery. Also it sounds like you may need a new alternator as well. We can't test for the alternator until we get the battery fixed first. Just to be sure could you please take a voltage reading across the battery terminals for me with a Digital Multi-meter. Here is a link below explaining how to use a DMM if needed:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-a-voltmeter

Please get back to us with what you find out and we can go from there.

Thanks,
Alex
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Oct 8, 2019 at 12:36 PM
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