Either battery is tired or alternator is not fully charging it. Take it to Wal Mart and have the shop do a Battery Load test on it. Also they will check out your charging system and see it is up to specs.
. You are on the verge of losing it completely if it is the battery. Then you are dead and car will not go anywhere.
Because heat is a poor conductor of electricity. When battery cables get very hot from the engine temp, their ability to carry electrical power to the starter is reduced. The old 6 volt car electrical systems (pre 50s) were more sensitive to heat that the current 12 volt systems.
If you're talking older chevy pickups and cars, it's the starter solenoid that had problems. They were located near the exhaust and had trouble when they got hot. Either heat shields or wrapping the headers or installing a solenoid up and away from the exhaust fixed the problem.
Man, you guys and your electrical theories. Metal bearings, pistons, etc. expand when over-heated, oil is thinner, providing less lubrication. Your engine is on the verge of seizing up and becoming a boat anchor.
heat equals electrical resistance for one. heat mean thermal expansion of pistons and engine bearings. oil losses its cool too! does it start ok now that it's cool? you will probably fine then.... keep a better eye on the gauges in the future.
Why does it turn over very slow like the battery is dead? If u wait a couple of hours it turns on fine. Its like the pistons swell making it really hard to turn.
