Dodge Sprinter 2006 Manual page 861

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BA TTERY SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHARGING SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
BATTERY SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - BATTERY
SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SPECIAL TOOLS
BATTERY SYSTEM SPECIAL TOOLS
BATTERY
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - BATTERY
STANDARD PROCEDURE
STANDARD PROCEDURE - BATTERY
CHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STANDARD PROCEDURE - OPEN-CIRCUIT
VOLTAGE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STANDARD PROCEDURE - IGNITION-OFF
DRAW TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STANDARD PROCEDURE - USING MICRO
420 BATTERY TESTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STANDARD PROCEDURE - CHECKING
BATTERY ELECTROLYTE LEVEL . . . . . . . . . 12
BAT T ERY SY ST EM
DESCRIPTION
A sin gle 12-volt ba t t er y is st a n da r d fa ct or y-in -
st a lled equ ipm en t on t h is m odel. Som e veh icles a r e
equ ipped wit h a secon d a u xilia r y ba t t er y for r u n n in g
a ddit ion a l elect r ica l equ ipm en t . Th e st a n da r d ba t t er y
is loca t ed in t h e en gin e com pa r t m en t , wh ile t h e a u x-
ilia r y ba t t er y (if equ ipped) is loca t ed u n der t h e pa s-
sen ger s fr on t sea t . Th e ba t t er y syst em for t h is
veh icle cover s t h e followin g r ela t ed com pon en t s,
wh ich a r e cover ed in fu r t h er det a il la t er in t h is sec-
t ion of t h e ser vice m a n u a l:
ENGINE SYSTEMS
TABLE OF CON T EN T S
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STARTING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
BAT T ERY SY ST EM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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REMOVAL
UNDER HOOD BATTERY REMOVAL
AUXILIARY BATTERY REMOVAL
INSTALLATION
UNDER HOOD BATTERY INSTALLATION
AUXILIARY BATTERY INSTALLATION
BATTERY HOLDDOWN
DESCRIPTION
. . . . . . . 6 REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLATION
BATTERY CABLES
DESCRIPTION
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DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING - BATTERY
CABLES
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
INSTALLATION
BATTERY TRAY
DESCRIPTION
OPERATION
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
INSTALLATION
• B a tte ry - Th e 12v st or a ge ba t t er y(s) pr ovides a
r elia ble m ea n s of st or in g a r en ewa ble sou r ce of elec-
t r ica l en er gy wit h in t h e veh icle.
• B a tte ry Ca ble s - Th e ba t t er y ca bles con n ect
t h e ba t t er y t er m in a l post s t o t h e veh icle elect r ica l
syst em .
• B a tte ry Ho ld d o w n - Th e ba t t er y h olddown
h a r dwa r e secu r es t h e ba t t er y in t h e ba t t er y t r a y in
t h e en gin e com pa r t m en t .
• B a tte ry Tra y - Th e ba t t er y t r a y pr ovides a
secu r e m ou n t in g loca t ion in t h e veh icle for t h e ba t -
t er y a n d a n a n ch or poin t for t h e ba t t er y h olddown
h a r dwa r e.
ENGINE SYSTEMS 8F - 1
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