On 30 Jan 01, at 15:20, DML Digest wrote:
>
> I think that your problem was your battery, it probly doesnt have eniugh
> cold cranking amps, look on the batt to see.
>
I doubt this as the battery is the stock heavy duty unit.
>
> I also believe it is your battery; not enough capacity. Fine when warm, but
> breaking down under low temperature. Rich - Ashburn, VA
Perhaps, but hard to say. Next time it happens I will put a volt meter on it.
>
> Definitely clean your battery terminals. I had to replace my battery in
> September, and this November, all of a sudden my truck would infrequently die
> on me. It finally happened once while I was at home (thank god) so I tested the
> charge of the battery. Read just as it should, so I went ahead and cleaned the
> posts really well and the terminals. The terminals were in really bad shape,
> gauged, scratched, and just beaten after 190K of time they'd been put through,
> so I went to Chase Pitkens hardware, found a new pair of pretty good quality
> terminals for $0.99 (really) and put them on the next night. Even in 0 degee
> weather, my truck starts just fine now.
>
>
The battery terminals are clean enough to eat off of. Whe it did not start I
tried to wiggle the terminals and they were tight, and it did not help.
I am thinking it may be the starter relay as everything else seems to work.
What I may do is tap it when the truck does not start. The other thing is I
may try and simulate the cold weather by super cooling the relay with
electronics cooling spray when it is a toasty 20°F out.
Does anyone know where the starter relay is on a '98 with 5.2l ?
Drive Safe,
Joe
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