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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:53 am |
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Joined: May 20, 2010 Posts: 89
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Location: Essex
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Can any one help while driving car just died lost electrics, central locking, will not start .
thanks 
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:54 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010 Posts: 5489
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Location: Herts/London
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battery? if your alternator isnt working and the batt has died?
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:56 am |
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Joined: May 20, 2010 Posts: 89
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Location: Essex
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No battery is working fine getting battery light up on ignition but nothing else no external temp date was wondering if it could be a relay and where would i find it
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:56 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 13077
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Location: England
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Check the earth straps
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:26 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 7209
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Location: Stevenage
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Lee wrote: |
Check the earth straps |
Lee is normally right about these sort of things
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:35 am |
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Joined: Sep 05, 2010 Posts: 461
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Location: Somerset
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As lee said, check earth connections...............An easy and quick way to confirm an earth fault is to connect a single jump lead from the negative pole of the battery directly to a suitable point on the engine block.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:08 pm |
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Joined: May 20, 2010 Posts: 89
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Location: Essex
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Have changed the battery and now it is clicking in the drivers door and clicking in the dash do you think this could still be bad earth
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:07 am |
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Joined: May 20, 2010 Posts: 89
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Location: Essex
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have cleaned all the earth connections and still is not starting just getting a clicking from dash electric windows do not work or central locking
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