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just wanted to know if we could use our cars to jumpstart other cars. i read in our manual that we can get jumpstarts but i not vice versa.
the reason i am asking is because someone told me a while back that jumping other cars is not good because of our direct ignition.
any info on this would be great...
the reason i am asking is because someone told me a while back that jumping other cars is not good because of our direct ignition.
any info on this would be great...
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Originally posted by daverman
Yep, don't do it! That's what AAA is for.
Yep, don't do it! That's what AAA is for.
I've done it a couple of times with no problems.
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I have read that in any car you should connect the negative cable to ground in the engine bay and never connect it to the negative post on the battery. I guess you run the chance of damaging the battery and it may possibly explode.
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Actually, since car batteries often leak hydrogen gas, you reduce the risk of igniting the hydrogen around the battery by connecting the jumper lead to the engine bay.
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Originally posted by SoundSpeed
I have read that in any car you should connect the negative cable to ground in the engine bay and never connect it to the negative post on the battery. I guess you run the chance of damaging the battery and it may possibly explode.
I have read that in any car you should connect the negative cable to ground in the engine bay and never connect it to the negative post on the battery. I guess you run the chance of damaging the battery and it may possibly explode.
This is the main reason Acura discourages jumping vehicles. There are so many sensitive electronic components in cars these days (ECU, fuel management, navi, ignition, throttle, etc) that if there is something wrong with the electrical system of the car you are trying to jump, you risk damaging your own electrical system by connecting to it. It's not just an Acura thing--almost all cars today discourage jumping. Shorting a battery in a '80 Chevy Caprice would do nothing more than destory the battery. Do that on your TL and you're in for a big mess.
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Originally posted by pianoman41
Usually you connect to both terminals of the good battery, but just in case there is something wrong with the internals of the dead battery (like an internal direct short), you connect only to the positive of the dead battery and to the chassis for the ground side. This way if there is a direct short you don't blow up your battery by putting it right in line with the short.
Usually you connect to both terminals of the good battery, but just in case there is something wrong with the internals of the dead battery (like an internal direct short), you connect only to the positive of the dead battery and to the chassis for the ground side. This way if there is a direct short you don't blow up your battery by putting it right in line with the short.
This is the main reason Acura discourages jumping vehicles. There are so many sensitive electronic components in cars these days (ECU, fuel management, navi, ignition, throttle, etc) that if there is something wrong with the electrical system of the car you are trying to jump, you risk damaging your own electrical system by connecting to it. It's not just an Acura thing--almost all cars today discourage jumping. Shorting a battery in a '80 Chevy Caprice would do nothing more than destory the battery. Do that on your TL and you're in for a big mess.
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