I used my mutlimeter to see if there was a parasitic load. What started with a 1.6amp draw quickly drew back to 0.02 but I'll check that again if I have problems with this new battery. My scan tool shows the alternator charging at 14.9 so I think my alternator is good. I'm not showing any...
I do check the date sticker on the batter when I buy them. I don't recall how old from date of manufacture it was when I bought it, but it was not more than 4 months old. My replacement battery which I'm putting in has a date of Nov 23, so four months old again.
2008 4.2 Trailblazer, 118k. I believe this was the fourth battery in this vehicle over its life, all replaced for preventative reasons. 1st was original, 2nd and 3rd were Advance Auto Autocraft Gold 800cca.
Five month old battery, in Oct I replaced it with an Advance Auto Diehard Gold 800cca (I...
Could be the aftermarket carb you put on it. Over the years I messed around with some success and some failures replacing carbs on OPE with cheaper chinese aftermarkets. Sometimes they run good, sometimes not.
I have a Honda Rancher I replaced a carb on with two cheaper chinese aftermarkets...
I'm just finishing hanging drywall in basement and weighing doing the finishing myself versus contracting it out. I'm willing to learn, struggle, and fix and that is what I've been doing the whole time while finishing my basement. With that said, I know that a drywall finisher will do a lot...
Last year i manually siphoned 20 gallons of stale gas from a boat. What a pain in the [censored] and thought to myself how much easier it would be if i connected an electric pump. I saw this article this morning.
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Le...-while-working-on-his-car-569959321.html
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Originally Posted by Donald
Is the valve sweat soldered in or threaded.? I cannot tell. The valve to the left of the leaking one also looks corroded.
If threaded remove the valve, wire brush, use Teflon pipe compound and tape.
If sweated I would wire brush then steel wool and sweat solder it...