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850 will not turn over 850

posted by  volvocrazed on  Tue May 19 05:26 CST 2009
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I had a similar issue recently, and was stressing about all kinds of potential causes, until I realized it was just a weak battery.

You need a minimum voltage for the starter to kick in. Put on the ignition, put the lights on, and measure the voltage across the battery terminals. In my case, even though the lights seemed bright, the voltage was down to 9-point-something. Should be in the neighborhood of 11 V with the engine off.

Btw., I also unhooked the glove compartment light, b/c it would stay on occasionally.
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'97 850 n/a Wagon, 170K mi ... '98 V70R AWD 106K mi






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