The Rig

iTrader: (13)

My 95 classic every few weeks will give the symptoms of a flat battery,even tho say, i just drove it somewhere and pulled up.

so,you turn the ignition key to the turn over postition,click click click from the solenoid,hmm,try again,the same,so,try again,whilst the solenoid is clicking i try the horn,weak as anything,undo the windows,nope,they stop coming down or if already down,wont go back up.

so i get someone to use jump leads,she fires up straight away and then,if you turn the engine off,turn the ignition key to start it,it fires up like normal,try several times,fires up fine and will continue to do so for x amount of days

So,could it be a fubard starter motor draining the battery when it say,jams into position to cause the click click click sound or,could it just be a duff battery ?

using a multimeter i get 14+ volts at idle and throught the rev range and the battery is 12+ volts with engine off

and breath

cheers

DantheMan2605

sounds like battery. Have same problem on my company van. If i dont use it for a few days it wont start. However, use it every day and its fine.

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

well,it Is the Battery LOL

just done some tests on it,cause the alternator pumps some juice into it,it will start fine if ignition is on and the car is turned over straight away,BUT,if you say,turn ignition on but dont turn it over,the zap of the juice from the heater matrix fan sucks the juice right out,waya,so,from 12.5 it goes right down to 8.5 over a few mins LOL !!

i then turned the lights on and it went to 7.2v and just gave up,all instument lites go off

so,my varta battery lasted 4 yrs

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

Going to get the Bosch S4 battery,£68 delivered,any other decent batteries/prices around ?

DantheMan2605

Havent a clue... Ill cross that bridge when i come to it.

Bosch arent a bad make, whats the one like that you have in already? more expensive?

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

The varta one i have at the mo has lasted well enough,4 yrs, but a bit more expensive,this bosch S4 one is pretty cheap and has 4 yrs guarantee,so thats good.