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Car will not start

Tiny
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  • 1998 OLDSMOBILE 98
  • 171 MILES
Early this morning my uncle use my car to go somewhere. I got my car back a few hours later and went to the doctor got back in my car and it would not start. I tried to give it a jump all my lights came on but nothing else seem to start.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 AT 10:55 PM

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Tiny
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Tests the battery voltage. And how much voltage is going tothe starter.
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 AT 11:43 PM
Tiny
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So can the battery be the big problem or the fuse? Because a day before my uncle change my fuse then all of sudden my car start acting up.
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 AT 7:14 AM
Tiny
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Which fuse was it? You probably have a draw on that circuit draining your battery. Remove it and charge the battery. You will be okay then. You will need to find out what's draining the battery when you plug that fuse in.
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 AT 5:14 PM
Tiny
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I had the battery put on the machine and it test out good and I put it back in my car and it start it right back up. So can it be the inside fuse that's draining the battery out or by its charge up can the fuse draining it back out?
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 AT 6:01 PM
Tiny
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Good evening,

This sounds like a bad connection.

Check the battery cables for being clean and tight.

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

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

Check the charge rate with a voltmeter as well. Let us see if the alternator is able to maintain the battery.

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

No, to the fuse. If it was bad, the whole car would be dead. It would be 100% of the time, not sometimes.

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

Roy
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