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1998Mustang gt When you turn air on drains battery and stalls wont start for 15 min?
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∙ 14y ago
That is a curious problem and I'm not sure I know the answer, but here's a guess.
I think the issue is with your alternator. If it's on the verge of failure, it will have a difficult time maintaining a charge. However, it's not weak enough to notice alone. When you kick your A/C compressor on, it's consuming load from the engine and taking away from the power the alternator is able to draw. This may be exposing the weakness of the alternator and not allowing it to do it's job. If true, you would be operating on battery power (as if you had no alternator at all), which would cause the engine to shut down after a few minutes, after the battery was drained.
Again, just a guess on my part. If you're having to charge the battery everytime this is happening, I think my guess would probably have more validity. If not, then I may be wrong. Good luck!
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