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stripped battery terminal and bad fuel filter

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My 07 has not started in the morning about 5 times on me since October. I took it to the dealer and they found a stripped ground bolt on the battery. So all this time its been starting and running on only one battery, I bring it up because somewhere around here is a post on the same subject.

I left the dealers, got half way home and lost power, almost didn't make it back. Threw a code, ended up being a plugged fuel filter (now I have a extra one in the tool box).

I've been running 20% BioDiesel every other tank of so and it was 0 in michigan yesterday. I wonder if that was part of the problem? I had 7500 miles on the truck.
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mmcfd64;1533877; said:
My 07 has not started in the morning about 5 times on me since October. I took it to the dealer and they found a stripped ground bolt on the battery. So all this time its been starting and running on only one battery, I bring it up because somewhere around here is a post on the same subject......
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It appears that some things NEVER change. My '02 had a very similar issue w/ the passenger side battery only it had a busted ground terminal which ended leaking battery fluid all over my engine compartment and driveway. I ended up having to purchase TWO new batteries cause the second died...I guess due to over use...

Go buy a pair of Optima batteries and be done w/ the GM ACdelco garbage batteries. The Optimas are spendy....but worth the money.
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