Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter terminal?
Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
possiblilities if it works or not.
Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.

Thank you a lot for your help.

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter terminal?
Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
possiblilities if it works or not.
Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.

Thank you a lot for your help.

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:08:55 -0500, "kodrik" <kodrik@atgmail.dotcom> wrote:

>The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter terminal?
>Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
>possiblilities if it works or not.
>Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
>meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.
>
>Thank you a lot for your help.

An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually cell-check
and load-test a battery.

Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:08:55 -0500, "kodrik" <kodrik@atgmail.dotcom> wrote:

>The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter terminal?
>Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
>possiblilities if it works or not.
>Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
>meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.
>
>Thank you a lot for your help.

An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually cell-check
and load-test a battery.

Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:08:55 -0500, "kodrik" <kodrik@atgmail.dotcom> wrote:

>The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter terminal?
>Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
>possiblilities if it works or not.
>Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
>meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.
>
>Thank you a lot for your help.

An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually cell-check
and load-test a battery.

Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

daytripper writes:

>An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
>And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually
>cell-check
>and load-test a battery.
>
>Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
>Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

I agree. Probably an old geezer battery. But/however, have you checked the
battery connections? Any corrosion? Need to be cleaned? A bad connection
there is enough to give you power to all accessories, but not enough umph to
start the car. Try it. If nothing happens, buy a new battery. People usually
turn their noses up to going to Sears, but they do have a good battery
reputations.

Dave

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

daytripper writes:

>An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
>And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually
>cell-check
>and load-test a battery.
>
>Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
>Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

I agree. Probably an old geezer battery. But/however, have you checked the
battery connections? Any corrosion? Need to be cleaned? A bad connection
there is enough to give you power to all accessories, but not enough umph to
start the car. Try it. If nothing happens, buy a new battery. People usually
turn their noses up to going to Sears, but they do have a good battery
reputations.

Dave

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

daytripper writes:

>An over-4-year-old battery is likely on its last legs.
>And I wouldn't trust an Autozone salesdroid to know how to actually
>cell-check
>and load-test a battery.
>
>Has the weather gotten cold very recently - like the last few days?
>Old batteries often go to Heaven on the first good cold snap...

I agree. Probably an old geezer battery. But/however, have you checked the
battery connections? Any corrosion? Need to be cleaned? A bad connection
there is enough to give you power to all accessories, but not enough umph to
start the car. Try it. If nothing happens, buy a new battery. People usually
turn their noses up to going to Sears, but they do have a good battery
reputations.

Dave

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

If the voltmeter now reads only 12 volts I would suspect something might be
wrong with the alternator and/or the voltage regulator. That being said
most cars will crank and start as long as they have 10+ volts.

I have seen two batteries the past 33 years that tested as acceptable that
were actually bad. Both failed within a month of installation and battery
replacement cured the problem.

As far as AutoZone employee skills it doesn't take much to load test a
battery. You hook the tester up, set for battery capacity, and push the
start button. The test itself runs itself automatically on any tester
manufactured in the past 20 years or so


"kodrik" <kodrik@atgmail.dotcom> wrote in message
news:d001948443afc09ec8ec0dde8aa06097@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter
> terminal?
> Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
> possiblilities if it works or not.
> Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
> meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.
>
> Thank you a lot for your help.
>

Re: Can't start Audi A6
 

If the voltmeter now reads only 12 volts I would suspect something might be
wrong with the alternator and/or the voltage regulator. That being said
most cars will crank and start as long as they have 10+ volts.

I have seen two batteries the past 33 years that tested as acceptable that
were actually bad. Both failed within a month of installation and battery
replacement cured the problem.

As far as AutoZone employee skills it doesn't take much to load test a
battery. You hook the tester up, set for battery capacity, and push the
start button. The test itself runs itself automatically on any tester
manufactured in the past 20 years or so


"kodrik" <kodrik@atgmail.dotcom> wrote in message
news:d001948443afc09ec8ec0dde8aa06097@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> The battery is over 4 years old (sept 2000). Where is the starter
> terminal?
> Should I try to jump start it? Will did help me narrow down the
> possiblilities if it works or not.
> Although, the battery indicator is now dead on 12 volts (halfway up the
> meter), it can swear it used to be 3/4 up before.
>
> Thank you a lot for your help.
>