Starting issues, help please!

[mavsfan0434]

Originally Posted by behlinla

Yeah, you're going to have to replace that positive cable. The wires are corroded.

Do you think those terminals will work ok once I get a new battery cable? Also, the ground cables look pretty good? I think I'll just replace the positive. Any suggestion on guage, brand, and length? So many options

[behlinla]

Those terminals are really only designed to hold one cable at a time, so I would recommend against using them. There are better aftermarket terminals that are designed to hold multiple cables. I would use 6 gauge wire or larger (you might need 4 ga for the starter cable).

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[Automender12345]

Put a voltmeter across the negative terminal and the actual positive wire and have someone crank the engine. Look at the voltage while cranking. It shouldn't to much lower than ten volts.

My 2006 had a weak battery but it would easily crank the engine over, but the crank time to start was long. Turned out to be the battery not supplying enough voltage to the fuel pump. I almost replaced the fuel pump.

[mavsfan0434]

Originally Posted by Automender12345

Put a voltmeter across the negative terminal and the actual positive wire and have someone crank the engine. Look at the voltage while cranking. It shouldn't to much lower than ten volts.

My 2006 had a weak battery but it would easily crank the engine over, but the crank time to start was long. Turned out to be the battery not supplying enough voltage to the fuel pump. I almost replaced the fuel pump.

So what was your fix? The battery or the positive cable? I just have serious doubts about it being just the battery due to having one that "tested" good, but was under warranty, so I switched it out for a brand new one and the same problem happened again.

[Automender12345]

The fix was to replace the battery. Check the voltage while cranking and that should tell the story. I would put some dielectric grease on the connection once you get it fixed up. I don,t like the way the connection looks.