98 s70 no connection reading from battery & alternator test

tonie · Post by **tonie** » 17 Aug 2015, 07:40

The battery light came on in my car, then I started losing power to my car. After the car did for about 30minminutes it would start back up. I had a test ran on the battery then when they got ready to test the alternator it read no connection. I took the alternator out of the car then had them test it & it was fine. I cleaned out the connectors & that didn't fix the problem either. Does anyone have an idea what else could be causing this or how to fix it?

Post by **abscate** » 17 Aug 2015, 08:29

Check your battery cables by seeing of they are hot when you run the car.

Check your ground points - there are lots of them.

Finally, its possible your battery has either an internal short or an open plate - this will kill you alternator too, eventually.

Post by **tryingbe** » 17 Aug 2015, 17:44

When the car is running, what is the voltage at the battery? What is the voltage between the battery + and alternator +?