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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:02 pm 
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TerroristGHIA wrote:
Personally i would be inclined to look at the fuel pump/ecu relay, located under the radiator header tank. They are known to fail and cause similar problems.

Do your interior lights work, if so, then it isnt the smartlock module.

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^ Can you hear the fuel pump prime?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:15 pm 
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first, 13.9 volts is too much for a non running vehicle. Second check you have solid earths. These would be the first things to do.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:09 pm 
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I reckon it's a stuffed battery terminal. Works fine until it needs to supply a load of current when your starting it and it will die in the a***.

 

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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:33 pm 
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EVL098 wrote:
I reckon it's a stuffed battery terminal. Works fine until it needs to supply a load of current when your starting it and it will die in the a***.



Agreed this is a real possibility - get a ten buck multimeter, earth it, then start probing around and see where you DO have 13.9 volts - at the battery is one thing, what do you have on the starter?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:03 pm 
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Thanx tearlejk,
thats was all i can think of too,.
Start at the battery, or the starter, and keep testing along the system until
I find where there is no power.
But, I just thought, the starter wont have voltage until the key is in START position, am i right?

And fusible links are another possibility, i read.
Haynes manual, doesnt tell me much about where these are, or what they look like.
Man, this sux :evil:
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:39 pm 
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matman72 wrote:
Thanx tearlejk,
thats was all i can think of too,.
Start at the battery, or the starter, and keep testing along the system until
I find where there is no power.
But, I just thought, the starter wont have voltage until the key is in START position, am i right?

Your starter terminal where the big thick lead from the battey goes should have full battery voltage at all times - remember what it actuallty bolts to is the solenoid which is just a remote controlled heavy duty switch - your key start closes that internal switch. So if you measure that lead where it joins the solenoid, you should have full battery power. Don't be afraid to probe around a little - I had one where the lead had full volts, but then I touched the solenoid's actual nut where it was bolted on, got maybe 6 volts less - there was just enough corrosuon to make it a high resistance...

And fusible links are another possibility, i read.
Haynes manual, doesnt tell me much about where these are, or what they look like.
Man, this sux :evil:

 

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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:09 am 
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Thanx for the tips guys,
I took the battery out,
cleaned the terminals,
all connections, checked all the wires,
put it back nice & tight---all good.
Except my headlights are now dim as ****, but not always. :roll:
AT least its running, thanx gain
matt
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:40 pm 
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matman72 wrote:
Thanx for the tips guys,
I took the battery out,
cleaned the terminals,
all connections, checked all the wires,
put it back nice & tight---all good.
Except my headlights are now dim as ****, but not always. :roll:
AT least its running, thanx gain
matt


With your headlights being dim, when you put the battery terminals on, on the earth one, was there a smaller cable / thick wire that attached to the body itself? (There may or may not have been one on your particular model, but if there was, and you didn't re-connect it, or if its a bit dirty or not grounding effectively, then the path for your lights to earth is through the engine etc. )
Just a thought, I'm sure those that own the same model can confirm..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Bizarre...full battery, no power???
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:07 pm 
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thanx ,
ill take a look at that.
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