Posted by UP Oliver on December 30, 2017 at 11:52:59 from (68.70.134.87):
In Reply to: F350 Starting Problems posted by UP Oliver on December 29, 2017 at 22:16:01:
Thank you very much for all the replies. Based on what has been said I am thinking I need to take a look at my belt and alternator. The batteries are new, I got two Motorcraft batteries since the original ones lasted almost 13 years. Hopefully the replacement ones are better with 13 years of time to make things better like I would think every manufacturer is doing.
We had a toasty 10 degrees when I went out there this morning, it only went down to 5 here last night. The truck started great. To answer a few posts, I did some work with the multimeter. I had 12.45 volts before starting, then 11.75 or so right after starting. 5 minutes later when the truck had increased the idle on its own, my voltage reading was around 14.1. I ran around for awhile then when I had the truck sitting there in my yard I put everything on, the blower, radio and lights and I had around 12.1 volts at idle, what I would call low idle since the truck will increase the idle after start. From what I read that is low, but I did do a little plowing when I got home, maybe 5 minutes total. Don't know if that little bit of plowing should matter or not.
I have a Chilton manual here and it looks like I should look at that alternator a little closer. I think my low idle voltage should be higher that 12.1, but like I said I did some plowing when I got home.
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