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Dolphinboy Member Since: 07 Dec 2009 Location: Bristol Posts: 3129 |
TRy taking off both the pos and neg cables, touching them together - I did this last night after mine wouln't start despite having loadds of power in the battery....... started first time.
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22nd Nov 2011 7:50pm |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 |
The Semi Skimmed i had recently did this.
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22nd Nov 2011 9:04pm |
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stephenmitchell Member Since: 04 Nov 2011 Location: truro Posts: 13 |
Hi,thanks for all your help and suggestions re possible causes for car not starting.The breakdown truck connected jump leads but couldnt get it started,it kept making a clicking noise so was towed to the local garage.It turned out to be a flat battery.After charging I took it to a specialist who tested the battery further but said it was fine.So bit of a mystery how battery appears to be in good health now as I dont think I left anything on. The test will be tomorrow morning when set off for work at 7......... |
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23rd Nov 2011 11:21pm |
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SAppie Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Berkshire Posts: 159 |
Hi, I had the exact issue as you about a year and a half ago, to cut a long story short, where I went through the same as what you are going through, I replaced the battery and it's been 100% ever since. I too was told that the battery was fine, on 4 seperate occassions, by different people, some with so called special battery analysing tools, I would charge it, then the next day or maybe 2 days later it was flat again.....
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24th Nov 2011 6:59am |
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Drmich Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 2 |
The electrical system on these cars is very similar to the BMW E38 and E39 cars... And my experience with these is that they really take a lot of power to operate the electrical systems.
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13th Dec 2011 4:00pm |
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RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jun 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6366 |
I've just had to replace the battery on mine, its now 4 years old and has let me down a number of times. It even cut out after it had started from cold because there wasn't enough to run all the systems.
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13th Dec 2011 4:38pm |
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