Scantron

WoW last nite was such a pain in the ***,my civic broke down on me. Heres what happened. Was drivin along the road trying to find this party..Well we noticed that we didn't have much gas left so we decided to turn around and get some gas well half way down the road the lights and all the interior lights started to go dimmer and the cd player shut off,after that everything that was power shut down and the car started to make this funny sound like it was boggin and it also sounded like it was out of gas.. Well after pushin the car to a parking lot we went to get some gas down the road. Fill the tank up and started the car.. Did the same thing as before so we decided to leave the car there for the nite...

What you think is wrong,battery needs to be replaced,alternator needs to be replaced or is the computer messed up.. Need Help ASAP...Thanks Alot

shlammed

when i first started to read i was gonna say fuel pump fuse because that's what happened to me but when i read the rest i dunno...better maybe who knows.

Cynikal.Mindset

hmmmm...battery could be toast and that would cause alternator failure...the bogging down and the funny sound, sounds like somethin ignition wise which would ultimatly be battery/power related...no electricity, no spark, no spark, no ignition, no ignition, no power...check the battery first, bring one from home and give that a whirl (this cold weather likes to freeze batteries)...and it was the battery dont be suprised if the alternator decides to take a jump in the lake a couple weeks later...thats all I can think of now

dingus8

low batery causes low power to injectors spark plugs yada yada woudl cuase bogging from lack or fuel from injectors being lazy and lack of a good spark from spark plugs

CivicBro

battery needs to be replaced and maybe alternator

Scantron

But if i jump start the car which i did this morning and i tried to drive it down the road it failed again,unless that battery is useless...

Cynikal.Mindset

the battery is prolly useless...completely pooched...my car did the same biznass when the battery and alternator took a ****...had to replace the alt. on the side of the road cuz I didnt wanna pay for a tow truck...lemme tell you that was no fun at all!

Scantron

WoW i think im headin in that direction to,im going to get a battery so and ill try that and if thats not the case i guess ill have to look for an alt.

imported_snotz

if it's the alternator the battery light should be on....right?
unless that bulb is busted.

so my guess it's the battery.

Scantron

Just got home from bring my car back to my house the key was to drive as fast as you can. But don't get caught

imported_snotz

so the problem was u drive too slow??? LOL

Cynikal.Mindset

yea...the alternator light would have come on...but most likely it was the battery...but dont be suprised if the alternator goes now from constantly charging a dead battery

white92d15b7

i don't think EF's came with battery power lights i believe its built into the check engine circuit but i could be wrong i end up being often

Cynikal.Mindset

there is an alt. light

dingus8

ya the key was to drive fast so your alty coudl keep enoguh charge in your dead battery...get a good bat and fix it

imported_gatherer

driving fast (or at hogh rpms) doesn't solve the underlieing issue

lordm

could it be a dirty fuel filter

imported_loudsubz

check if its your alt

grab a multi meter

check voltage when car is off, should be around 11-12v, then check again when car is running if you dont see a jump to around 13-14 your alt is dead or dying