Bad Alternator or Bad Battery, Easy Solved
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No tools needed and find out which one is bad in a couple minutes. Please click like and subscribe, click on my name for all my other how-to videos,,,,Enjoy!!! - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Not the mechanic we deserve, but the mechanic we need
We need more people like this. Great video straight to the point.
Save me tons of money
As a beginner at this moment wondering if it’s the battery or alternator. Great video! Couldn’t be explained any easier. Thank you
I like your vidz, no BS, to the point, not an annoying voice and no selfie's or attempts at stardom. Thank you humble, qualified mechanic. much appreciated Sir.
4yrs ago and I'm just seeing this vid due to the battery light staying on. Hell of a save!! Much respect. Love the confidence.
This guy is straight to the point. I like it. Thank you and keep doing videos like this on cars so we can learn.
Smart, simple, and so clearly explained! Thank you for making it so easy to understand and also for getting right to the point! You should make more helpful videos (if you haven't already, sorry I hadn't checked) like this because you definitely have a knack for it!
this guy so confident..i believe in him
your very kind, thanks for the great comment. if i dont believe what i say, i dont talk. ha. thanks for watching.
Too funny
Nice video bro.
Lol
LOL!
Thank you, Sir, for the for the GREAT Videos.You don't beat around the Bush ... you get right to the point. That's the way it should be done. I like the way you explain things, very easy to understand, very precise & concise.I have subscribed to your channel & liked your videos because they are invaluable and easy to understand...I especially like the "Do's" & "Don't" that you point out as to avoid errors.You are a great teacher.Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, which is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the video! Tested this today when I replaced a truck battery being concerned about the alternator and this answered my concerns!
I have been using this trick for years glad someone put it out there to help others great job
I know you posted this 4 years ago, however, this little video just saved me serious money!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Subscribed.
I've been checking alts like that for years and it still works! Lol. Great video and great since of humor. Nice
This is a simple way. Bro great video .no buying a multimeter like others say. This has been about for years and every mechanic or ex mechanic should know this and not make people buy a
Something they don't need. Give you 5 stars bro .you beat me to it
You r the best!..I've been using the "technique" for 30 years...if u go through the 1000 videos on TH-cam they are 20 minutes long and absolutely none of them show u this. Thanks again, I thought I was going crazy.
Guy at auto zone said not to do that but he also spent 20 min trying to find muffler bearings for me
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Lmfaoooo
Bunch of college nerds work there that don’t know crap lol
ha ha, i love it.
i think that is where James works !!! ouch
You saved me a bunch of time and money with your simple hint.
Thanks again.
Still one of the easiest vids explained on YT... Nice work 👏 👏
I have tried this trick on my 2008 hyundai sonata v6 and it shut off and I was able to diagnose a bad alternator. Thanks a million my friend
You are 100% correct! I learned this on the farm back in 1972 and it hasn't changed since. I've done this multiple times over the years. Nailed it.
You did a fine job explaining this about the battery and alternator! Thank you very much!
you got it, thanks for watching.
Amazing vid bro....no messing around with a meter straight to the point!!!!
I haven’t had such a grand time watching a mechanic video in a while. This is comedy gold. Great vid.
Thanks for the quick and easy method to determine which component needs replacing. I haven't tried it yet but will as soon as I get my truck started.
Diagnosed my problem perfectly today using your advice.. thank you
Excellent vid, sir, saved me about 100.00, my dad, who passed in 2001, told me, but your vid brought it all back, thanks again and God Bless You.
He is very confident, and that's what's up because if you know what you're doing then there's no room for doubt. And all those old school ways that we were taught from shade tree mechanics etc we're just missed fables and too scared to try or needed your car so you didn't have the afford to try a different things outside of the box.
You are so good and down to earth, effective communication that most people will appreciate your video.
thank you for the great comment.
WOW.. I just saved me a few hundred dollars for watching this... thanks, it’s my battery went bad 🙏
Thank you so much for your help I’m on a tight budget and you just saved me a lot of money luckily it’s only my battery that’s broken
This has to be one of the best automotive tips ever. Thank you!
i like how you told everybody! straight to the point, no bs around, thanks! sir ive learn something new on my car.
brah, you make a lot of sense with your testing. its an old school style, but very correct and true, as i was taught over 40 yrs ago and glad you reminded me. thanks! btw, i just subscribed.
I wished I would have watched this video a few hours ago. It would have saved my $25 at the repair shop. Thanks for uploading.
Short and simple with the right name of a video. Thank you!!
thank you very much for making this video! I took my car to a shop and they told me it was the alternator and that it was going to cost me around $300 to fix, but I decided to do some research and stumbled upon your video. I did exactly everything you said on the video and I just discovered that it wasn't my alternator! I just saved myself $300!!!
Hey i know its a year how long did your alternator stay strong since your comment
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@@hammy316 - why do you need to know that alternator information?
My Dad told me about this test and I never believed him, thanks for posting the video!
Me too
Same lol
Always Trust Your Elders ,Your Life Will Be Good😊
So you’ll trust a stranger before your dad? Ouch!!! 🤣
Thank you for being real with us and keeping it simple the world needs more people like you. Happy Holidays brother 😎 This really helped without paying someone to lie to me
Perfect video ! Thanks for sharing you just saved me from a shady mechanic.
Great video man. Good information and really like how you break it all down. Just got a new battery had problems car always dying but it is -35 below here in AK. Scared to test this... didn’t want to waste money buying the new battery.
A friend sent me this video... I’ve been going back and forth between thinking my battery is going out or my alternator.. several opinions from people after I tell them what my car has been (and hasn’t) been doing .. pretty much 50/50 on what the problem is... definitely didn’t want to take it in for some guy to treat me like I’m an idiot and sell me something I don’t need... so I tried it... now convinced it’s the alternator. Thank you for the short simple test trick! Made my life so much easier and for sure saved me some money (and headache)!
Oh and loved the “rearrr rearrr” noises... loved the boo hoo reset your radio station! The unplugging of your actual computer had me dying!!! Common sense isn’t so common anymore! For sure subscribed and liked!!
How old is your car? if it's a newer model this will NOT test if it's the alternator. Removing the battery shuts down the ECM (computer that runs the car) and will flip a kill switch on your engine to try to stop it from overloading. Doing this can create a feedback loop creating voltage upwards of 30 VOLTS which can actually fry a good alternator! The only test I know of is to use a voltage meter. Test the voltage before you start your engine and you should have around 12.4 - 12.6v. After you start it and run the engine or rev it up it should test at 14 volts.
Again, to repeat, this method does not work on newer cars. This method can fry your alternator or ECM. Test with a volt meter ONLY.
Tek Rx Greetings... my car is a newer model Ford Escape. .. the test was correct.... I’ve since taken my car in to have the battery tested... yup sure is fine.. no my computer isn’t fried.... I didn’t even have to reset my radio... .. The test was more of a... should I spend $150 on a battery or $150 on an alternator.... like I said in my comment.... several mechanic friends said battery... several said alternator... this just sealed the deal on who was right. Yes I know you’re probably thinking.... well why didn’t she just have one of them test out the battery? Answer.... sheer stubbornness that’s all.
That's great, so it was the alternator after all? Hopefully everything is working well after the repairs. Honestly I've been googling, watching videos, and reading everything I can. I ended up finding quite a few people saying what I said here. I still need to get my hands on a volt meter so I can test everything. Just got a new battery since all 6 cells were bone dry, trying to pinpoint why that happened right now.
Either way, I'm glad everything worked out for you. I just got scared of the "test" here after reading how badly it can screw up your car. The funny thing is they say it can actually fry your alternator doing this test this way.
Thank you so much for making and posting this video. I had the dummies at triple A come out TWICE. Took them 4 hours on day one and 3 hours on day 2 to arrive. I live in a small town so only laziness on their part is to blame for the long wait time. BUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER...the dummy (same guy) that came out to jump the car twice tells me it is the ALTERNATOR. What an IDIOT. CLEARLY it was NOT. Got a new battery and all is resolved. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video! It’s ridiculous the things other ppl show u on TH-cam...
Maybe u have to set the clock too . But u are 100% right bro . Nice Video for teaching with no cost . And teaching the right thing and in the easy and effective way . Have a great day .
Man I love you... TO THE POINT AND THE SIMPLEST EASIEST TO UNDERSTAND ANSWER EVER. now if I wasn’t afraid to touch the battery🤣🤣🤣
I'm sitting in my truck now thinking this same thing lmao
Old comment but a 12 volt battery will barely do anything to u 😂it’s a big battery but it’s only 12v
A little story. I was driving on a highway when the battery lamp started flickering. I managed to get all 10 kilometres to home but the systems started to fail on the way. The engine lost power and could not rev fast. The last thing that failed was the electric power steering and the car was hard to steer the last km. After this event the battery voltage was under 11 volt. After changing the alternator the following things materialized. The power steering that had been a little unstable at high speeds was now rock steady, The aircondition that had been loosing effect was back in full vigor. And the engine that had been I little rough in idle was now humming nicely in idle. The lesson is, that if a car suffers of the above minor issues, then the alternator is properly due for retirement.
omg this is literally exactly my problem thanks😂
Great video...I wonder if anyone has any comments on my situation: Now my battery (a year old Varta) has been suffering from a drain in my car - to the point it has been going increasingly flat. But... the last three days my car started cutting out while driving... yet, I could re-start it (so not a starter motor issue) and drive on. But today it finally decided it would cut out more than ever before (multiple times) and totally drain the battery - which, to me, suggests eitrher 1) An alternator no longer powering the bad battery or 2) The bad battery is now basically dead (so whatever the alternator does no longer matters).
I managed to jump-start (after 10 mins) off my partner's car as a test... and only got about half a mile before it cut out again. I'll be replacing the battery asap. But do i also have an alternator problem? Of course, i will confirm this when I finally manage to get the car from where I had to leave it!
@@beejj6190 What was your issue, were you able to isolate it?
@@regulareverydayhalfbirdguy - Yes... a major soap opera / £75 lighter with a dodgy mechanic and my OWN fkin net research / process of elimination [starting with an epic fuel pump fit problem solve after one end of the old fuel pump snapped off in one of the rubber connectors... sigh]... *it was debris in my fuel tank gettingb into the injectors* . *Bottom Line : A £7 bottle of Redex poured into my fuel tank solved my problem virtually instantly (once it got working through)* . Had to get a new battery anyway as the old one was done. Good luck, mate.
He'll yeah this is what I'm talking about.. this guy knows what he's doing. Thank you for the video brother 🙏
this guy just saved me 260 bucks plus maybe labor too so who knows. Thanks man. 4 years later still saving people some money lol
Saved the day forsure! 🙌 Easy, simple, perfect.
Thanks for getting straight to the point.
Lmao "NO IT'S GOT MEMORY" , This guy is spot on ! Very simple and easy to understand, thanks bro !!!
Just the old school trick I was looking for. I couldn't remember which one to disconnect so thank you very much.
Best educational vid I've seen in a while! LOL Good job!
Straight to the point. But the alternator could still be running the car but under the normal voltage, and you can only test that with a meter. If that's the case, you still need to replace it.
Thank you this help me alot ! I wish I had a good old mechanic like yourself around here, you remind me of my grandpa ! Tell it like it is not how you want to hear it ! He also was a mechanic !
Straight to the point. I like your style and energy. You just earned a subscriber. Thank you. As you said it’s gonna help somebody that somebody is me. Trying to figure out how to be sure for a while. I was jump starting my car every time. Thank you. Keep the energy and straight to the point on your videos then every one will subscribe. As scotty Kilmer
Short and to the point. Thanks sir!
Just learned about alternators and battery’s from chael sonnen 😂😂😂
A dead battery sucks more than Tito Ortiz’s ex-wife
haha damn good ol chael sonnen😂👏🏽🍿
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Hilarious, but he did remind me how simple it is. As much as this shit happens to me, I can't seem to remember these simple facts. Thanks! 👍
Lmao !!
Thank you for you help, we need more people with your attitude, you saved us time and money
Sure as hell helped me out. Now I just need a jump for the last time so I can figure out if it’s my battery or alternator. Thank you very much
I had thought about this but never physically never done it. Thank you for showing this. :)
Thank Dude
Thank you so much. I had to figure that out this morning
This guy means business and that’s what I’m talking about!!! 👍🏻
Simple and straight to the point. Great job brotha!
Excellent video good sir! Straight to the point and none of that BS! Saved a ton of money too lol.
This video is SO AWESOME!!!! The computer test is the funniest!! 108.27,lol...
Brian Thank you ! I've done this check probably at lis 10 if not more since I was 17 years old ( now 60😀 ). But I wanted to refresh and maybe learn something new since the vehicles I delt with were from 1968 - 94 many with no computer. So thank you for repeating the point of rebooting the computer by it's memory...radio channel, seat and I'm sure clock also " Boo Hoo " lol. Thank you. God bless you where ever you are in this month and year ( pendemic re-opening America 6/22/20 ) Health to and family and may you continue to prosper in all that you put your hands too. Take care.
p.s. your way of explaining to the point is great...
Juan
You just saved me time, money and stress. Thank you
You the Man!!! I don’t cared what others internet Mechanics says 🤣🤣🤣
al..ernator lol
Exactly what I’ve always done - simple easy and always works 👍
Totally helped me - just did the test and it is definitely my alternator!
Thanks, this video gave me quick confirmation
great, thanks for watching.
Agree with your statement. I remember when i was younger back in Iraq. the mechanic did exactly what you did.... PERFECT.. Exactly the car computer stored all the commands... PERFECT VIDEO
Worked on my 2005 Ford Mustang, it was the battery. Thank you so much for the help!
thanks for watching!
I love videos like this, Straight to the point.
Sir this was short and clear, with evidence. Who did not want to save money and solves problems.
Straight to the point. My kind of video. Thank you
You have an awesome voice it sounded like I was in a nba game or something. Thanks for showing me it was my battery not my alternator in my 62 Chevy Impala
thanks for watching. ha
Thanks for this easy explanation! Going to try this!
very simple and very helpful. thanks a lot👍
This is one of the best mechanics n the world, real world application, no nonsense. Thank you sir!
This was exactly the test that my colleague did for me. I wanted to borrow his car for me to buy an alternator becoz that was the advice of the mechanic. Good thing he stopped me.
I know you said on the video "using no tools" but I think it could be helpful if they can go to walmart at any time of the day, buy a regular Multimeter worth like $15 bucks and check the battery voltage with the car off then re check the battery with the car running and look for the difference in voltage.
You, and the stranger that gave me a jumpstart today definitely helped me outt! THANK YOU! MUCH APPRECIATION!
so good to hear, thanks for watching.
MAN!!! talk about EASY! great vid sir!! saved me a trip to mechanic at least to figure out if its my battery or alternator.
This video saved me so much trouble. Thank you so much for posting.
I appreciate it man, this saved me hella time lol
He's a Trump supporter but I'm sure he appreciated your comment 🙄
Genius!!! Thank you very much!
I love your style....you went right to it!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you so much for this... now I know I need a new battery, and I'm not worried about the alternator.
I am going to try this tip, thanks!!
Thank you very much good stuff I applaud you keep up the good work
Watched the video then tried it out. It worked a treat and saved me a shit load of work. Thank you very much.
perfect,,, thanks for watching.
I knew it was simple but couldn’t remember which was which. Thanks!!!
Dude... everything you say is true! This is the easiest way to test if it's bad battery or alternator. I love how you mention about people having 2nd thoughts of removing battery cause it's gonna fry their "ECU" Blah, blah..lol You're right. 9 out of 10 it would only affect preset radio stations, and one thing you forgot to mention is the clock? Thanks for this video! Sure it will help a lot of people.
ugh the clock,,,, nice catch there. thanks for the comment, and for watching.
thomas brian looking forward to more how to videos!
I know this was 4 years ago, but I just wanted to warn you that this absolutely can and does fry ECUs. It's not common, but it's far from rare. The battery helps keep the voltage to the electronics stable, with only the alternator, any dips or surges go straight into the ECU and they can't handle that very well. I've seen so many people do this and end up having to buy a $500 ECU. Don't do this, there are safer ways to test the alternator and battery.
I removed the positive red cable like you said and my car stayed running for approximately 3-4 minutes. It did not turn off immediately but it did turn off after like 3-4 minutes of not having the battery positive cable on it. I am guessing it was the battery since the car did not turn off immediately after i removed the positive red cable?
Thank you for the information, you're the second guy that has said the same thing. Also, thank for the extra info on people saying that by doing this procedure will fry the computer which is not true.
Fast and to the point. Love this video
You will fry your computer! Lol.... This is a great tip. Just tried it, and I just need a new battery.
Just what I needed to know... To the point, and fixed!!👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 Thanks Bro 👍👍
Thanks sir! Had several folks telling me battery because of frigid temps. The very second I pulled pos cable on the battery my car died. Installed new alt and system charges fine! No fancy equipment needed just straight up thinking knowledge……
Thanks for this video... It help allot and now i now my car needs a new alternator.. Keep up the good work..