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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:43 pm 
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Start the car then disconnect the nigative side of the battery. See if it runs off the alternator. could be the altanator not giving out enough volts to charge the battery and on short runs it is killing the battery. If it runs of the altanator for a few minutes then all good, may be a cell in the battery dieing.

 

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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 pm 
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and the morrel to this story is... if it dont start, its most likely flat... buy a new one
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:30 am 
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Yes yes it is.... as so did a certain other person told me as much too... :roll: i just started the car up again, it still starts fine and fires up straight away :) IF it doesnt in the morning, then i know i need a new battery.. :roll: another $100 down the crapper lol :roll:

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:36 am 
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look at the voltmeter on the dash - with no load, the gauge is showing 10V. as soon as you give that the load of trying to start the motor, it's gonna drop down to nothin.
Def. Battery / Charging

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:00 pm 
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Yeah i started it up again this morning and it reads 11volts when turning the ignition on but not the car... After starting it it goes all the way up to 14volts... :)

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:44 pm 
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Should show a MINIMUM of 12 volts when ignition turned on or battery is in need of charging as alternator will NOT charge a flat battery ONLY keep a fully charged battery charged :roll: :D

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:00 pm 
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Yeah checked it this mornining and when ignition is ON its reading about 11- 11.5 volts, i know its supposed to be on 12volts, but its slightly under 12atm. Im gona keep on checking it thou... And YES i know it means i need a new battery lol. Payday is tommorrow :roll:

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:19 pm 
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my brother had his interior light staying on all the time until he realised he'd bumped the dimmer switch that runs beside the headlight switch. maybe you have made the same mistake. if it is all the way up the interior lights stay on.

also is your battery serviceable or not(does it have caps on top). if so have you checked level of water. may need a top up otherwise it won't charge.

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:22 pm 
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Yeah its got the caps on it, i will check the water level... But i dont have ne distilled water... It HAS to be distilled water doesnt it? Normal tanks/rain water fine? lol sorry ive never had to top up a battery with water b4 :roll:

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:27 pm 
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Okay i checked it... um wheres the correct level supposed to be at? Looking at where it is now i can see the metal etc? im guessing its about half full? :?

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:02 pm 
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:24 pm 
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Yep no worries, ive checked the levels again and three of them are very low.. Im working on the distilled water as we speak lol!!! This rain has to help sometime :)

Thanks for the help everyone :)

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:16 pm 
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Ha ha lol i will take option 1 thanks Blackjack, yes im lazy.. ha ah its been raining all fricken day so why not take advantage of that! Im not paying $5 for distilled water lol! :roll:

Yes well the battery itself is spotless, no fluff or ne thing so i dont know where the acid is going... Ive never had starting issues up until now, so mabe the battery is buggered. :roll: Im gonna see how it goes over the next couple of days. ive topped it up now so see if that makes ne difference.. :P

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:17 pm 
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yeah make shore ya check that the dome light switch on ya normal lights is not on i no 2 ppl that have done this and just taken the globe out and all they did was not no it was there

 

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