Carlostrece
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Tales of ongoing woe and dread...
My neighbor's 2003 Honda CRV EX stopped being able to start a week ago. We jumped started it last week so she could drive it to the local car electrical shop for diagnosis. I told her to ask them to check the battery and starter. After she was there, I talked to the technician on the phone. He told me the battery was bad. I asked if the starter was also a problem. He said it's the battery, not the starter. I didn't ask more questions because I didn't want to interrogate him to much. Big mistake on my part.
Yesterday (Thurs Jan 22) my cousin replaced the battery with a new 24F 585 CCA battery (an upgrade). Still won't start. My cousin has been saying all along that he suspected the starter. Now he thinks it was both starter and the old battery.
I called the technician back. He then admitted that he'd only tested the battery. The battery failed a load test. He never tester the starter. He just assumed the starter was OK.
Even though it now has a new battery, we can't get it started. Not even with a wall plugin powered jump starter hooked up to boost the new battery. So my neighbor can't drive it back to the car electric shop. We'd either have to have it towed there, or my cousin could remove the starter and bring it to that shop for testing and possible repair, rebuild, or replacement. Or he could remove it and bring it to Oreilly for testing.
What do you recommend? We don't have a list/hoist. We do have a basic hydraulic floor jack, but my cousin doesn't like crawling under cars for repairs. We have 6 pt sockets and wrenches, and all basic tools.
My cousin asked me to ask BITOG if the K24 engine's starter can be easily removed from topside of hoodbay?
We live in SW OR & WA. It's very wet here, but very little road salts are used in winters. Rust is much less than Midwest or Northeast. That should mean the bolts are probably not overly rusty.
My neighbor's 2003 Honda CRV EX stopped being able to start a week ago. We jumped started it last week so she could drive it to the local car electrical shop for diagnosis. I told her to ask them to check the battery and starter. After she was there, I talked to the technician on the phone. He told me the battery was bad. I asked if the starter was also a problem. He said it's the battery, not the starter. I didn't ask more questions because I didn't want to interrogate him to much. Big mistake on my part.
Yesterday (Thurs Jan 22) my cousin replaced the battery with a new 24F 585 CCA battery (an upgrade). Still won't start. My cousin has been saying all along that he suspected the starter. Now he thinks it was both starter and the old battery.
I called the technician back. He then admitted that he'd only tested the battery. The battery failed a load test. He never tester the starter. He just assumed the starter was OK.
Even though it now has a new battery, we can't get it started. Not even with a wall plugin powered jump starter hooked up to boost the new battery. So my neighbor can't drive it back to the car electric shop. We'd either have to have it towed there, or my cousin could remove the starter and bring it to that shop for testing and possible repair, rebuild, or replacement. Or he could remove it and bring it to Oreilly for testing.
What do you recommend? We don't have a list/hoist. We do have a basic hydraulic floor jack, but my cousin doesn't like crawling under cars for repairs. We have 6 pt sockets and wrenches, and all basic tools.
My cousin asked me to ask BITOG if the K24 engine's starter can be easily removed from topside of hoodbay?
We live in SW OR & WA. It's very wet here, but very little road salts are used in winters. Rust is much less than Midwest or Northeast. That should mean the bolts are probably not overly rusty.
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