Truck is wigging out!!

[Blackdog]

This morning I stopped and got a coke at the store and my truck had ran fine. When I jumped in it to go I turned the key and nothing. My gas gauge was jolting back and forth and the only light that came on was my service engine soon light. Well I popped the hood and wiggled some wires on the battery and still nothing. I turned it back off and then on again, then all the interior lights and gauge lights came on like normal, but I didn't hear the fuel pump. Tried to start it and it fired up but died instantly. Tried it again and it fired right up. Drove to work and when I pulled in the driveway I turned on my foglights and everything started acting up again. Turned it off then started it up again and everything works as it should now. WTF? Could it be a bad battery? I have heard of batteries causing all kind of ruckess. Any suggestions? Thanks

[RedHeartbeat]

Check you grounds and positive battery connections. Sounds like a short somewhere, it could be the battery shorting out. The battery shorting out internally happens sometimes in the heat of summer, especially when you have power drains like the a/c blower, radiator fans, stereo and lights all draining the battery for all it's worth.

[Blackdog]

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Check you grounds and positive battery connections. Sounds like a short somewhere, it could be the battery shorting out. The battery shorting out internally happens sometimes in the heat of summer, especially when you have power drains like the a/c blower, radiator fans, stereo and lights all draining the battery for all it&#39;s worth.
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Thanks Red&#33; I went and had the battery and alternator checked and they were good. I am gonna trace my grounds when it stops raining here. Thanks and I will let ya know. When I left work today it started right up and drove great. I tried all my accessories and all was good. Got to be a ground.

[carfreak07]

sounds like a loose hot wire at your starter to me! Might check that to see if it is makeing bad connection, that would explain the start and die...it was a vats thing. If your grounds were bad then it would roll over very sluggish or nothing at all and possibly melt your small ground wires in the harness.

hope this helped ya,
Jarrod