Gosh-doggit.I'm getting pretty tired of getting my car worked on.Every since that drunken jerk put my battery/cables on backwards,and blew out my alternator and air conditioner,I have had nothing but problems out of my set of wheels.I was nice enough to let him use my battery to put on a boat to go fishing with,and THIS is the thanks I get.Now I am on my own with a car that keeps dieing everytime I need to go somewhere,and then when I get a jump,it will only go "so" far before it dies again.I'm just furious.Everyone and their dog has looked at my car,tested my battery,tested my alternator,and a few other things....and yet it STILL baffles even the best mechanics.(or at least they SEEM to be ace mechanics)?? OK,so here is what I'm told to do now.Take off my alternator(which was recently replaced 2 months ago,btw) and exchange it for a new one,since it's still under warranty.So since I am single and the most independently unwealthy person I know,I have to go the shade-tree mechanic route.(knock on wood).
To put it in the shop would cost me a small fortune,and I am already "robbing Peter to pay Paul" as my mother puts it.
So here I am again,in bitch-mode.Just when things start looking hunky-dory,something always seems to go wrong.
But,ya know...the wierdest thing happened yesterday on the way to work.I kinda mumbled under my breathe as my caution "car is F****in up" lights came on....I said to myself "God,are you trying to tell me something"? and OMG!! Just as soon as I mumbled those words,I had to come to a dead stop behind 2 cars,because someone had a wreck,and the whole front end of that car was smashed to pieces as if it were hit head on by the truck that was also smashed up on the side of the rode.The entire drivers seat was pushed back.
I thought to myself:How ironic was that?I mean,I had JUST mumbled something like "what are you trying to tell me God"?and lo and behold,my minor car problems seemed NOTHING compared to the individual or passengers in those vehicles.Especially the car that I passed,while my car was spittering and sputtering as if it were getting ready to stall on me again.Which,btw,it DID.I had to get another boost to get the rest of the way to work.
I do think it would be cheaper and less stressful to have a bicycle....but then again,I couldn't imagine making that 2o mile drive to work.I'd have to be Lance Armstrong to do that,right?LOL
Pic of my coolest cousin "Pokey" and yours truly,although I am minus a few pounds thanks to work and a relationship that went bad.LOL
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Walker said you were looking for me, but I am apparently blocked at the library for being politically incorrect or some such thing.
If he blew your battery then you probably have some burned up sensors throughout your system. And if you have lost several alternators then trust me on this one as a former AutoZone corporate employee, don't buy anything electrical from AutoZone for any reason. I don't care what kind of warranty you got, even their best alternators are crap. Go to Napa or O'Reilly for your electrical parts. And if you paid a shop to do your alternator then there is a fair chance that they got it from AutoZone. Ask them.
You may have to bite the bullet and have someone professional look into your electrical problems. They can be a major pain in the ass, as you well know by now. My wife's car has had them off and on over the years, but nothing as bad as what you're having. Anyway, I guarantee blowing the battery burned a few circuits elsewhere. And if you got bad alternators after that, especially if their voltage regulators went bad, then any sensors you replaced already may have been burned up again. First thing to check after you've checked your alternator is your Idle Air Control Valve, or Air Idle Control Valve, or God knows what each individual shop will call it, but it's attached to the throttle body where the air intake connects. If it's fried you've got to replace it. It could cause your sputtering and stalling, or it could cause constant acceleration, which is what it has done on my wife's car. I hope this helps. And I hope to God that your main computer wasn't damaged. And before you do anything based on what I've said you might shoot all these ideas by whomever has been working on your car to see what they think about it.
Sounds like I need to pray for you and your car. Electrical problems are hell.
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