94 Buick stalls when raising windows...

buck812 · #1 03-08-2007, 06:50 PM

last week a weird thing happened. I went to town and when i came back in the drive way I went to put the window up and the car stalled. I tried to restart and i could not. Cranked until batt went ded.
tried it again a day after batt charge It started went to finish putting windows up car stalled wont start Temp outside was -31 cel.
tried again next day car started went 3 blocks came back home tried to put window down car stalled , wont start ( whats up with that)
94 Buick Lesabre custom 276K V6. Otherwise car ran great, was getting a bout 30 MPG on highway...now I wont take it anywhere. HELP.

Mickey#1 · #2 03-08-2007, 09:21 PM

Try disconnecting the battery cables and give everything a good cleaning. How old is the battery?

buck812 · #3 03-09-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mickey#1

Try disconnecting the battery cables and give everything a good cleaning. How old is the battery?

Batt post are shinny and clean and car turns over very fast...

buck812 · #4 03-09-2007, 10:21 AM

yes it can get cold in the near north Canada sometimes -38 celcius.
battery is shurly not new

buck812 · #5 03-09-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mickey#1

Try disconnecting the battery cables and give everything a good cleaning. How old is the battery?

Thanks Mickey1: I think you might be onto something here, i noticed the other day that my battery is somewhat pregnant at both ends. Does that seem normal to you...

Bassasasin · #6 03-09-2007, 11:55 AM

Sounds like its been frozen.. Not good.

buck812 · #7 03-10-2007, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Bassasasin

Sounds like its been frozen.. Not good.

So back to my question, why does the car stall when its idling and i put the windows down, or door lock for that matter??????????????????????
And it wont restart till the next morning........

Mickey#1 · #8 03-10-2007, 10:38 AM

Fuel & ignition systems are both electronic. If the voltage drops low enough the engine will stall. Put a voltmeter on the battery & see how low the volts drop when you use the windows.

buck812 · #9 03-10-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickey#1

Fuel & ignition systems are both electronic. If the voltage drops low enough the engine will stall. Put a voltmeter on the battery & see how low the volts drop when you use the windows.

Looks like you guys did it. Yippy Yahho hooray, this mess is history...
were Smokin tires again.
TWAS the groud BUS bar---- yucky full of corrosion.

NOW ON TO THE NEXT ELECTRICAL BUG...

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