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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:26 am |
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I thought my battery had died and needed replacing, so i checked it with a multimeter and it's coming up with between 11.2 and 12.6 v.
This made me think it could be the starter motor, I have no idea where that is on my car, but i'd read if you put the car in high gear and rock it back n forth it can jolt the starter in to starting so i did that....
still doesnt start and now comes up with economy mode on the read out....
maybe time to bite the bulliet n let a garage sort it $$$$$ 
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:29 am |
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alternator mate??? the voltage is a bit low if i remember rightly.. someone will correct me if im wrong.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:29 am |
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| liam180 wrote: |
still doesnt start and now comes up with economy mode on the read out....
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If you RTFM you will find thats perfectly normal, you need to start the engine to get it back out of economy mode 
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:32 am |
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RTFM? - read the f*****g manual? Ha.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:37 am |
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Come on! if half the people on here RTFM there wouldnt be a forum! 
And with the starter sounding like it's gone i don't think it's going to start to easily.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:42 am |
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If I have any of the electrics on for more than 20 mins without starting the car economy mode shows 
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:59 am |
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have you tried bump starting the car
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:48 am |
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yeah, but the battery still seems to die after a while. im guna give it a good charge n see what happens
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:02 pm |
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yup economy mode active is just when youve had the electrics on for a certain amount of time without firing the engine up
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:20 pm |
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If the battery voltage is below 12.25V with ignition-off, it's had it.
With engine running it should be around 14V if the alternator is working correctly.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:55 am |
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| liam180 wrote: |
| yeah, but the battery still seems to die after a while. im guna give it a good charge n see what happens |
Just go & buy a new battery, your gonna end up replacing it anyway as this one sounds f****d 
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:05 am |
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gett the car started leave it to tick over and put a multimeter on to the battery termals and see what teh voltage is it should be over 13-14v
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:08 am |
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worst way.... go to a garage and get them to do a drop test on it.....
We drop test batteries we suspect are duff....... straight in the skip
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:12 am |
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| macj wrote: |
worst way.... go to a garage and get them to do a drop test on it.....
We drop test batteries we suspect are duff....... straight in the skip |
Hope your collecting them up & recycling them responsively, there worth a bit of money if you have enough to weigh in
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:23 am |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| macj wrote: |
worst way.... go to a garage and get them to do a drop test on it.....
We drop test batteries we suspect are duff....... straight in the skip |
Hope your collecting them up & recycling them responsively, there worth a bit of money if you have enough to weigh in |
We have an enviromental policy at Essex Motorsport to recycle as much waste material as possible..... this means weighing it in
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