Re: Loose battery connection or tuneup needed?

I noticed yesterday that there is no surge when I start it up initially, it
runs smoothly. It's only after it's warmed up that this happens.

Jarrod

"dicko" <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:56:02 GMT, "Jennifer Smith"
<jennjarrod@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a '93 Explorer Sport and just recently noticed that the engine
surges
when it is in either drive or reverse and the needle on the battery gauge
will dip for just a short bit (less than a second). Curiosity got the
better of me tonight on the way home and, when I stopped to get some gas,
I
popped the hood and touched around the battery connections on the posts
and
moved the battery ever so slightly. On the way home (not very far) I
didn't
notice the battery needle jump, but there is still the slight surge in
RPMs
which most likely are normal.

I have had the Explorer for a little over a year now, and don't have any
idea when it may have had its last tuneup. Any thoughts? Thanks, as
always, in advance for your input.

Jarrod


In my case , on my '94, those were the symptoms of the battery itself
dieing.

It would start right up, run just long enough to get onto the main,
busy street, then it would begin bucking, stalling, dieing, and not
restarting. Let it sit for a few minutes, and it'd start right up
again and run like a champ. About a month later, it died entirely and
stopped starting. I replaced the battery and the problem never
returned.

So it could giving you an early indication of an impending battery
failure.

-dickm


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