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Author Subject: Starter motor?
Bobeek

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Post #1
Not sure what's the problem thought someone has got some bright idea?

So what happened is I popped into the car turned the key and everything gone.. literally everything.. first thought its the battery as its quite cold outside now but after a minute or so the power came back and everything looked normal.. tried it again but by the moment when I turned the key its gone again.. I could hear the starter motor to turn just for a half a second.. Dunno

Posted 11th Jan 2016 at 19:56
scotzman

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Post #2
Battery

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Posted 11th Jan 2016 at 20:01
Ben_W

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Post #3
Yup, battery

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Posted 11th Jan 2016 at 20:12
Bobeek

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Post #4
hmm will see I've just put it on charger..but I guess if the battery is faulty its not going to charge up anymore..
Posted 11th Jan 2016 at 20:34
Bobeek

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Post #5
The charger shown green light (charged) in the morning but its still cutting out when turning the key..time to call RAC in the afternoon..
Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 07:25
Ben_W

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Post #6
I'd still try a known good battery on it. Just because it says its charged, doesn't mean it is.....

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 08:11
welshpug!

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Post #7
shot terminals or power/earth lead quite possible

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 09:27
jimmyhackers

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Post #8
sound like a sulphated battery to me

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 10:07
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Post #9
I've had this exact issue, check the battery earth connection....

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 11:29
Bobeek

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Post #10
I came home today, disconnect the charger and tried again but still nothing.. I called RAC out as it was already dark so I didn't see anything and I have no spare battery to try with anyway..
so rac turned up little explanation whats (not) happening then he asked me to try to start it.. and it did.. so bloody typical!!!

he checked the terminals and he recon it was a bad connection.. tbh I think it wasn't too bad and it wasn't loose at all..

I guess its time to check/clean all the connections then..


anyway, thanks for all the response and help! Wink
Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 18:09
fatlapit

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Post #11
Clean all the earths on the body make sure they have metal to metal contact.

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 18:55
gnrlee Forum Admin

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Post #12
yeah as said give the earths a clean,..
and the battery terminals (I sanded mine)and used some Vaseline on them
it's petroleum conductive gel been told helps with the conductivity! Smile

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Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 19:31
Bobeek

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Post #13
gnrlee wrote:
yeah as said give the earths a clean,..
and the battery terminals (I sanded mine)and used some Vaseline on them
it's petroleum conductive gel been told helps with the conductivity! Smile



yepp it was on the list anyway just need to find some time and suitable weather at the same time to do it.. the rac guy cleand the battery terminals so those should be okay now..
Posted 12th Jan 2016 at 19:33
Bobeek

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Post #14
so the same thing happened again last night..but the power never came back..
it was quite dark, cold, windy, also I was miles away from home so called rac straight and then started to investigate..

checked the main fuses, all were fine, didn't really see anything (literally), started to blame the alarm/immo system maybe disabled the ecu somehow.. so when I was waiting I thought I might just take off the battery terminal wait a little bit and then let see what happens.. I started to undo the negative one and when I touched the cable actually I heard some obvious clicks from some relays..
turned up the negative terminal was faulty.. the wire had no proper connection in the terminal its just got worn out in the last 16 years..

rac guy was very happy with me, basically I showed him whats the problem.. still did cost me 4.50 for the new terminal though..

thought worth to share this information, the battery terminal still can cause trouble even if its tight enough..

Posted 31st Jan 2016 at 14:10
mocinim

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Post #15
Good follow up bud

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Posted 31st Jan 2016 at 14:25
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Posted 31st Jan 2016 at 17:37

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