kittii13 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 we cant charge anything, our battery charger doesnt work. daves is in my car and the one the AA guy said was dead is in his car. Both cars are working fine now but Im still confused why only 1 of the 3 batteries works in mine and all 3 works in his. Not going to use the one we bought yesterday, it leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knite Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 dont know if this will help but i took mine for a free battery test at halfrauds might be worth taking it over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Your not gunna belive this, swapped batteries over in both cars and errrrrrrrr.............. both started first time. Everything seems to be in order, mine is running/ starting fine with the battery the AA man said was dead, even in the nice cold mornings. While under the bonnet I cleaned up all the terminals, front and gearbox earths and at this moment in time all seems to be good, all multimeter readings where they should be, the healing power of Mr T :blink: :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex_GTS Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 So a dead battery is now working? You have an undead battery... You have a zombie car! It's infected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 So a dead battery is now working? You have an undead battery... You have a zombie car! It's infected! In a word......................... yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Told you that spare T Virus canister that I had would come in handy ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex_GTS Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Remove the head or destroy the brain. Take off the top of the engine or remove the ECU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) I can't believe no one has mentioned your earth yet Get your earth wire checked (undo and clean all of the contacts), then for good measure add another one (doesn't really matter where to, just add another chuncky gauge wire to the engine block and/or chassis) 90% of engine electrical problems are down to a poor earth connection Edited December 13, 2012 by rpsmith79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlasumm Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 I did mention the earth to him rich when he rang me about it even said about getting one of the earthing kits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) I did mention the earth to him rich when he rang me about it even said about getting one of the earthing kits She did :xmas_laugh: :xmas_laugh: Im assuming thats what the problem was, either that or a rev 3 needs less power to start :rolleyes: CCUK guide to a breakdown in Tesco carpark 1. Phone Bek (who didnt answer) 2. Phone Carla (Who I woke up... sorry ) 4. Find a friendly Tesco lady they have jump leads on the delivery vans - this is what we did) 3. If that dont work phone the AA With ref to an earthing kit I will add another to Kates, (easy enough) My car has extra earths on it (yes they are in secret hedgehog colours) Bek fitted then the last time the engine was out. Remove the head or destroy the brain. Take off the top of the engine or remove the ECU! genius Edited December 13, 2012 by Ghoulscout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 sounds more like a starter motor problem to me even a dying battery will start after a hours drive, might struggle but it will start im also suspicious of the fact the dash lights up fine but the starter just clicks, if the battery was dying or dead the moment you try and crank it the lights will dim and flicker get the earth cable checked and also the wires to the starter motor, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittii13 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Pretty sure whatever was wrong with my car has fixed itself. I am using Daves battery and he is using my dead one. Ive driven my car most days since it "died" and it has started first time every time. shouldnt be anything wrong with the starter motor, it was replaced a few months ago, (with an old one but still). before the battery situation last week it used to hesitate before it started but that seems to have stopped now too, definately something weird and special going on with my car but Im not complaining!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Pretty sure whatever was wrong with my car has fixed itself. I am using Daves battery and he is using my dead one. Ive driven my car most days since it "died" and it has started first time every time. shouldnt be anything wrong with the starter motor, it was replaced a few months ago, (with an old one but still). before the battery situation last week it used to hesitate before it started but that seems to have stopped now too, definately something weird and special going on with my car but Im not complaining!! Just to add to that, car started today no problems after being sat around for 2 or 3 days outside house, no problems at all. I dont think it was starter motor as fiddling with that seemed to make no difference to anything, Im going with a dodgy terminal or earth (which I cleaned up) Edited December 14, 2012 by Ghoulscout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 loose connection between battery and starter and all the movement of batterys has sorted it..............for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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