Drove approximately five miles shut truck off would not turn over?

Tiny
DENNIS NEWTON
  • MEMBER
  • 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
  • 6.0L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 200,000 MILES
Have to jump to start alternator. Checked out okay, new battery. After letting in run for a while drove approximately five miles shut truck off would not turn over. The amp gauge does not show it charging unless over 2000 rpm.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 AT 12:49 PM

1 Reply

Tiny
KASEKENNY
  • MECHANIC
  • 18,907 POSTS
This sounds like a drained battery again but we need to find out how you tested it that it passed.

Here are a few guides that will help with this testing that we need to do to the alternator and battery:

https://youtu.be/dCjmRL3p4Cs

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-a-car-alternator

I suspect the alternator has failed and when you are running it, it runs off the battery only and eventually drains the battery.

I attached the process below on how to replace the alternator as I suspect this is the issue.

Let us know what you find and we can go from there.

Thanks
Was this
answer
helpful?
Yes
No
Saturday, August 7th, 2021 AT 6:37 PM

Please login or register to post a reply.

Related Engine Not Running Content

Sponsored links