Graham19922011
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The images I posted are the charge cable on the battery cable at the terminal and the rubber cover being burnt badly, as well as the battery melting. The battery cable seems to be fine, it's just the charge cable that's charred. Brand new PA performance alternator installed about a week and a half ago. I also installed some new painted valve covers a few days ago and started smelling something burnt that night so I popped the hood and thought maybe the paint was baking or a paint chip had fell on headers or something of the sorts. Day or so of driving longer distances goes by and the battery is dead, so I trickle charge it all night and it still wouldn't crank. I'm assuming whatever this issue is has killed the battery. Would the alternator be overcharging?? All the cable connectors I unplugged to install the valve covers are accounted for and I'm not pinching any wires. I installed a new battery since this one died but didn't have time to voltage test it to see if it's. wing overcharged. From what it seems, only the 3-4 inches at the battery side of the charge cable is burnt, but I haven't been able to check the alternator side.
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