bit of a long shot - weird electrical problem, is it a dead battery?
21 June 2004, 04:10 PM
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bit of a long shot - weird electrical problem, is it a dead battery?
is this a sign of a dead battery or a short somewhere?
my rev counter flickers on and off when i use the brakes/indicators as does the stereo (which is the annoying bit
) am i not drawing enough current from the battery (it shows 14 volts on the meter, but it did stand for a long time over the winter - 6 months at least) or is this some weird electrical short that im never going to find?
my rev counter flickers on and off when i use the brakes/indicators as does the stereo (which is the annoying bit
) am i not drawing enough current from the battery (it shows 14 volts on the meter, but it did stand for a long time over the winter - 6 months at least) or is this some weird electrical short that im never going to find?
21 June 2004, 06:53 PM
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Sounds like an earth problem with the instrument cluster/ centre console.
Check all the earth points under the dash (esspecially around the instrument cluster)
Check all the earth points under the dash (esspecially around the instrument cluster)
21 June 2004, 07:06 PM
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Perhaps you should look at an earthing kit they seam to improve things so i've heard, mind you looks like you have a standard earth prob first.
Check you ECU earths first i would say too .
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Check you ECU earths first i would say too
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22 June 2004, 11:16 AM
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i also have very slow windows & wipers, hence why i was under the impression the battery was a bit duff
22 June 2004, 01:43 PM
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It's because you have a clowns car 
and it's not the wipers etc that are slow, it's YOU 
Seriously though, change your battery. Bet that's what it is. My car started doing all kinds of wierd stuff as the battery lost life. Intermittent stuff, windows got slow, alarm went wierd, lights, you name it. Changed battery and BAM!!! New car.
Goes better too
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and it's not the wipers etc that are slow, it's YOU Seriously though, change your battery. Bet that's what it is. My car started doing all kinds of wierd stuff as the battery lost life. Intermittent stuff, windows got slow, alarm went wierd, lights, you name it. Changed battery and BAM!!! New car.
Goes better too
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28 June 2004, 04:12 PM
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well, i put my earthing kit back on on saturday, and it's completely cured it so bad earth it was
only problem is, i went to wind my window down and it blew the sound on the car stereo something else to fix then 
so bad earth it wasonly problem is, i went to wind my window down and it blew the sound on the car stereo
something else to fix then
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