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thirdstreettito · 09-10-2011, 04:11 PM

My 88 with 150K miles on it starts kinds slow to me. 800CCA battery thats around 2 years old, I dont know about the starter. Cold it takes about 5 full seconds to kick over and it isn't real fast. When it's warm its about 3 full seconds, still slow to me. What do you guys think?

I think I should take the cables off, scrub the ends to make sure they are super clean(no current corrosion though)and put some dielectric grease on the ends. And I also found out the plugs in my truck aren't the good stock AC Delco ones, they are Bosch Platinum Plus(ew). So I will spends the $15 and order some from RockAuto and gap them at .035 like they should be. Thanks, Bradley

09-10-2011, 04:11 PM	#1
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Starts sluggish? My 88 with 150K miles on it starts kinds slow to me. 800CCA battery thats around 2 years old, I dont know about the starter. Cold it takes about 5 full seconds to kick over and it isn't real fast. When it's warm its about 3 full seconds, still slow to me. What do you guys think? I think I should take the cables off, scrub the ends to make sure they are super clean(no current corrosion though)and put some dielectric grease on the ends. And I also found out the plugs in my truck aren't the good stock AC Delco ones, they are Bosch Platinum Plus(ew). So I will spends the $15 and order some from RockAuto and gap them at .035 like they should be. Thanks, Bradley __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck



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