OK as usual, here is the story.
-I drove back home from school with headlight on last night, nothing wrong happened.
-This morning it wouldn't crank, it wouldn't even try to crank.
-My roommate jump-started my P5, as I was backing out of the driveway, I turned the headlight on and the engine stalled.
-Tried again, jump-started, let sit 5 minutes, turn the headlight on, engine died. And it wouldn't even try to crank at all.
-Bought new battery from walmart, put it in, everything is fine. I drove to school.
-I was told it could be the alternator, so after I came back, I unplug the battery while the engine is running, the engine keeps running, I can turn everything on but the headlight. If I turn the emergency light on, my dome light would dim with this.
So the question is: If I can unplug the battery and the engine won't die unless I turn the headlight on, is my alternator dead??
Josh
-I drove back home from school with headlight on last night, nothing wrong happened.
-This morning it wouldn't crank, it wouldn't even try to crank.
-My roommate jump-started my P5, as I was backing out of the driveway, I turned the headlight on and the engine stalled.
-Tried again, jump-started, let sit 5 minutes, turn the headlight on, engine died. And it wouldn't even try to crank at all.
-Bought new battery from walmart, put it in, everything is fine. I drove to school.
-I was told it could be the alternator, so after I came back, I unplug the battery while the engine is running, the engine keeps running, I can turn everything on but the headlight. If I turn the emergency light on, my dome light would dim with this.
So the question is: If I can unplug the battery and the engine won't die unless I turn the headlight on, is my alternator dead??
Josh