# excessive cranking then dead battery **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769 "2010-11-28T11:09:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr) #### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769/8 "2010-11-28T12:39:18Z")
I’m very on the edge of the snake oils that are sold in auto part stores. Too many claims and not enough proof. I have rarely seen an injector cleaner do anything as most gas has the same chemicals in it in a small portion. I have experimented with plenty of water “removers” and such to little or no avail. I have done small scale testing to see the proclaimed “ethanol separation” from gas, also to no avail. I’m not saying they don’t all work, but I’ll believe it when I see it - personally. Seafoam for the record, is in large part just rubbing alcohol with some other minerals added. /offtopic > [@trying to find mitsubishi parts diagram to find a part](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trying-to-find-mitsubishi-parts-diagram-to-find-a-part/37563/3): > > It is carbed. I dont know anything about carbs so Id rather not take it apart. > > I think the battery needed the acid added to it and I had my friend hook it up to his charger the right way. It was fine until this summer, always starting when I rode it in the winter and spring. > > It sits outside but I keep it covered. > > So if I get a can of Seafoam and dump it in the gas tank everything might be ok? Get the battery tested at advance, see if it holds the charge under load or it’s general health. Especially with fluid added. Put it on a trickle charger for 24 hours. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769)._