johnsoninc86
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bloomington, IN
Alright, I have a 98 cherokee with 160k on the clock. I knew that I had a power steering pump going out, and it finally went the other day. So, i pulled over to check it out, and when I verified it was the pump and tried to start it back up, all i get is a click click click, like its a dead battery. So I assume that the power steering fluid got on the belt and allowed the belt to slip over the alternator, causing a dead battery. So after replacing the belt, power steering pump, and trying to start it, I still get the click click click. The windows barely roll up, the stereo wont turn on, dim dome lights. We had been charging the battery for a good hour, and it still does this. I checked the voltage on the battery, it reads 12.44 when not running. All pulleys spin freely, so no lockups of any sort. When we went to start it and got the click click click, it shot one of the anticorrosive pucks off of the top of my Optima yellow top. By the way, this yellow top is only a year and a half old, so theres no way it should be dying already. So, my question is, what the hell is going on? Is this a starter problem? Its kind of looking like that, but that doesnt explain the low battery symptoms like the windows rolling up really slow and the radio going out. Help me out guys!