While the car is running, check the voltage both at the back of the alternator (B+) and the positive battery terminal. They should be within a few tenths of a volt of each other. If not, there may be excessive
You DO have white smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe??? Does the engine miss-fire and run bad and does the check engine light come on? Are you continually adding coolant to the radiator?? I would expect all these things to be happening if you had a blown head gasket or an ...
On some cars the solenoid is on the starter. Others (Fords, mostly) have an external solenoid , usually on the fender or radiator core support. On all cars the starter solenoid is at the other end of the large positive battery cable. ...
positive battery terminal. They should be within a few tenths of a volt of each other. If not, there may be excessive resistance in the circuit. Many vehicles have a fusible link or a large fuse to protect the alternator. These can be burned up by a short or improper use of jumper ...