[TR] Stag quit at speed

[Lee&John Howard]

Thanks all

But does a bad battery explain the car quitting going 65 after being on the
road for 15 minutes?  Not to mention that the battery is less than 6 months
old, and hardly driven at all.

John

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 12:05 PM, <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> The stock Stag alternator dies nothing at all at idle. However, a good
> charged battery should be able to carry the entire load for a lot longer
> than 8 minutes. Several hours at least, longer if the headlights are not on.
>
> For example, in 2005 I had the alternator on Stag #1 fail around Palm
> Springs and finished my 2 hour drive home just on the battery. The
> headlights were getting kind of dim by the time i got home, but the engine
> still ran fine.
>
> So I would say more likely you have a bad battery. Possibly just never got
> charged but you said you charged it.
>
> O'Reillys will test your battery for free, probably most others will as
> well. However I've been unhappy with their batteries, so I suggest going
> elsewhere if you need a new one.
>
> -- Randall
>
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