Car
It's a Toyota picnic with a 5sfe engine https://youtube.com/shorts/zTNVj9FMulU?si=L2bRueemC8i7guFQ
Please, is it really the battery or the starter motor? Client said he took the battery for a charge. Before this present condition, the car has been cranking very slowly before it would definitely start. But now, it's not starting again.
Please, is it really the battery or the starter motor?
No way to tell from here. Cranking voltage ideally should be at least 9-10 volts, but a bad battery or bad starter might cause it to be less. Load test the battery and test starter operation to find out. Battery cables could also be a problem. (Hard to tell in the video but the positive battery cable looks sketchy.)
@chucktobias Okay thank you sir. Probably tomorrow I'll take it for a test. I'll give a feedback
@chucktobias isn't 9 or 10 volts really a bit on the low/weak side? (accepting test is done under load)
@hixster That would be the minimum acceptable, starting a cold engine. A warmed up engine would be higher. That's just a general rule of thumb, not a hard and fast specification. (I have observed it on my own car which briefly displays the cranking voltage every time the engine is started.)