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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 04:57 PM
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Went to jeep show and washed off outside of jeep with pressure washer at car wash. Ever since, my battery gauge shows lowest reading and jeep barely starts. I'm thinking I got water into the motor area. If so what can I do ?
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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Have the battery load tested and the alternator bench tested. Any parts store will check them for free.
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 02:29 PM
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It won't run unless I floor the gas. Once I let off it dies !
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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Check all of your grounding points and make sure that they are clean. One bad ground can cause a lot of strange problems.
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 08:53 PM
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how old is the battery?
get all the mud out of the alternator?

if you can't get it to the parts store, do you have a battery charger? will it hold a charge?
if you have a multimeter, you can check the alternator output voltage while it's running
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
Have the battery load tested and the alternator bench tested. Any parts store will check them for free.
do this ^^^^

Originally Posted by stang23456
It won't run unless I floor the gas. Once I let off it dies !
That's symptomatic of the alternator putting a ton of drag on the system or the battery being weak.
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