I put a new alternator and battery on my car and when I crank the and let it run for a few mins I can pull either battery cable off and the car cuts off is that suspose to hap

Asked by GuruTQ3HL Jul 08, 2018 at 07:23 PM about the 1996 Honda Civic DX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I put a new alternator and battery on my car and
when I crank the and let it run for a few mins I can
pull either battery cable off and the car cuts off is
that suspose to happen

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Bad idea removing battery cable on vehicles that have a computer can fry the computer or alternator you could do that back in the day with older vehicles to check to see if alternator was good or not.

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