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2001 Catera replaced battery and alternator and battery cables still get hot?
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∙ 12y ago
I have seen this on several Catera's. The wire going to the starter and alternator gets about 170 degrees. The main started cable wire goes around in the front of the engine in a plastic condiut and then goes down the right side of the engine and goes very close to the exhaust header and then splits off to the alternator and than to the starter. It is the heat from the engine and exhaust that causes it to get so hot. I tried this on my Catera. I ran another cable the same size as the OEM cable, and ran it straight to the rear firewall and ran it over to the right side firewall, using a condiut making sure it would not short out on any metal, and then down to the starter and then to the alternator. I cut the other cable that was the original OEM, and when I did that the cable I installed never got hot again. I have never read anybody doing this but it worked for me.
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∙ 12y ago
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