<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GMPartsGuy:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H2 Rocks:
My bettery recently went dead. I couldn't believe it. I had to get a friend to jump it to start. At the dealership, for a check engine light one week later, the tech just looked at the window on top and said, "looks okay now."
From what I remember a good battery will read 13.4V (or so). A battery that needs replacing will measure 11.8V.( or so)
Never heard of an Optima Yellow Top before. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That tech should be fired for incompetence. Just because the "eye" shows green (they don't anymore, ACDelco took it out it was so misleading) doesn't mean the battery would pass a load test. The proper procedure would be a Midtronics battery tester sequence. Insist upon a load test and ask to see the results, it comes as a printout showing the various readings under load.
Dave </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thank you! I had gone in for a different problem and didn't want to get into it at that point, but you have some great advice, and I will use it. I will actually take it to my tire guy for the load test, then return to the dealership to see what they say. Our dealership is new, but the tech is not. He's young, and I hope he can get better over time, not stuck in the "bring it back mentality." Hopefully a new manager will help, too.