Please Help!

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

Got in my 02 X this morning drove to work no problems. 2 hours later got in it cranked fine and went to get something to eat. When I went back to the truck 30mins later the truck turned over and then it was like the battery died. Would not turn over starter and would click but would not turn over. Please help!!

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

Update. Truck is back at the house thanks to a fifty dollar rollback ride. Went out to try and crank the truck all the lights came on but the starter will not turn over. 2 new optima red top batterys and new alternator. thanks for the help.

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

Checked batteries with a vo meter. Both were unhooked and checked 15.96v. I went to the fuse box a checked a fuse and got 14.9v. Is this normal?

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

Someone please help as this is my only method of transportation.

Thanks,

[thbd77]

starter might have went bad. voltage seems a little high

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

Could a short in the starter make the voltage high?

[ONE BAD EXCURSION]

.............BUMP.............

[NoRalPh]

Originally Posted by ONE BAD EXCURSION

Checked batteries with a vo meter. Both were unhooked and checked 15.96v. I went to the fuse box a checked a fuse and got 14.9v. Is this normal?

I'd get another meter, I don't think it even possible for an "unhooked" battery to be producing 2.5v/cell. My guess is your meter's way out of spec.

You could have a bad starter, solenoid, battery connection, or grounds that could cause that. Look over the Free stuff first You could also try "rapping" on the starter with a hammer while some one turns the key to start.

You could then pull the starter and put jumper cables on it (kinda Micky Mouse, but if it DID NOT jump and spin you'd know it was bad)