1970 vw beetle

**[email protected]** · March 16th 07, 02:01 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled

it started 3 days ago and last night when i was gonna let it run it
wouldn't start, the batt has 11 volts and i'm stumped, any ideas???

**Speedy Jim** · March 16th 07, 03:41 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled

wrote:
> it started 3 days ago and last night when i was gonna let it run it
> wouldn't start, the batt has 11 volts and i'm stumped, any ideas???
>

A charged battery should read 12.6V or better.

**dave AKA vwdoc1** · March 16th 07, 11:38 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled

Push start it since your 12 Volt battery is so low.
I am sure a lot of us has done that in the past once upon a time. <g>
That is a nice feature to have sometimes!

"Speedy Jim" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>> it started 3 days ago and last night when i was gonna let it run it
>> wouldn't start, the batt has 11 volts and i'm stumped, any ideas???
>>
>
> A charged battery should read 12.6V or better.

**Papa** · March 18th 07, 06:53 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled

Possibly a bad voltage regulator, or your generator (alternator??) is going
out.

> wrote in message
ps.com...
> it started 3 days ago and last night when i was gonna let it run it
> wouldn't start, the batt has 11 volts and i'm stumped, any ideas???
>

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