car wont start after sitting for 1 week
i last used my impreza (hawkeye) last saturday, only a short journey around 5 miles then parked it up as ive been using the jeep all week. ive just gone out to start it to go and get fuel and it wont even try to turn over.
the central locking unlocks/locks fine the dash performs its sweep as usual then i go to start it and get nothing just a click then a chirp from the alarm. flat battery perhaps? the car in the last month or so hasnt really done any long journeys or regular short journeys if im honest. maybe 1 or 2 trips to work (4 mile there 4 mile back) maybe twice a week. the car had a new battery around march time this year |
Almost certainly a flat battery - the chirp from the alarm is a low voltage signal.
Sounds as if it need a cycle on a battery conditioner/charger. |
Originally Posted by Don Clark
(Post 12034122)
Almost certainly a flat battery - the chirp from the alarm is a low voltage signal.
Sounds as if it need a cycle on a battery conditioner/charger. |
Flat Battery definitely...SJ.
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guess i will have to use it more often then..........
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Originally Posted by the shreksta
(Post 12034127)
https://www.ctek.com/products?catego...recommendedfor |
Originally Posted by Don Clark
(Post 12034133)
or one from Ctek which conditions it as well
https://www.ctek.com/products?catego...recommendedfor my alarm isnt likely to start going off in the night is it whilst the battery is flat? |
Originally Posted by the shreksta
(Post 12034134)
cheers buddy
my alarm isnt likely to start going off in the night is it whilst the battery is flat? |
Originally Posted by the shreksta
(Post 12034134)
cheers buddy
my alarm isnt likely to start going off in the night is it whilst the battery is flat? |
I keep my low mileage car on trickle charger all the time as the alarm flattens the battery. The obvious one is to have side lights on when you do drive so it keeps charging..
Trev |
Head gaskets and ringland.
Or... simply a flat battery! :) |
Originally Posted by Don Clark
(Post 12034133)
or one from Ctek which conditions it as well
https://www.ctek.com/products?catego...recommendedfor Maybe mine has just developed a fault. |
Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034213)
Head gaskets and ringland.
Or... simply a flat battery! :) so take your headgaskets and shove em up yer fooking ringland :) |
Originally Posted by the shreksta
(Post 12034300)
was a flat battery,got a booster pack on it today and it fired up straight away so took it out for an hour with the side lights on to get some charge into it.
so take your headgaskets and shove em up yer fooking ringland :) I have a CTEK trickle charger on my beetle, it's great. |
Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034303)
haha. Good to know.
I have a CTEK trickle charger on my beetle, it's great. is this the one i need |
Something like that would work fine. Mine is the even cheaper version and so far the last 3 years it's been perfect. Keeps my beetle charged all winter and the weeks I'm not using it.
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034309)
Something like that would work fine. Mine is the even cheaper version and so far the last 3 years it's been perfect. Keeps my beetle charged all winter and the weeks I'm not using it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CTEK-Automa...&keywords=ctek |
No worries mate.
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034309)
Something like that would work fine. Mine is the even cheaper version and so far the last 3 years it's been perfect. Keeps my beetle charged all winter and the weeks I'm not using it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CTEK-Automa...&keywords=ctek |
Yep, that's the one I use on my cars. It will happily trickle charge a 100ah battery too. It's not powerful enough to charge a battery from dead, but it keeps my cars topped up ready to start just fine.
Had it on my beetle 3 years now and battery always ready to start. Also moved it to my FSTI to keep that charged when I bought my new car. All good. I have a much more powerful charger also for when batteries are dead. |
If you want me to come over with my multimeter and test it mate let me know, I'm free tonight if that's any good to you.
If it's gone beyond a certain threshold it may not be possible to fully recover. With winter coming up last thing you want is to be left stranded! |
I’ve always took the neg lead off the battery as I don’t drive it a lot and hav8ng a trickle charger on is not an option So im thinking of installing one of these soon https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F332379056699 |
Yeh they work well Zany. I had one on one of my old mini's years back.
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034532)
Yeh they work well Zany. I had one on one of my old mini's years back.
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Originally Posted by ZANY
(Post 12034575)
:thumb: i've just bought one of them chargers from above - went for the car one (5.0) as my battery is dead flat so might be a good idea to recondition it - not much more expensive than buying a new battery and should last me a while. I like the idea of a cut off switch however, is this something i should be doing anyway for a track car? whats the best way to go about it . Im not electronically minded! |
Originally Posted by Ash Webster
(Post 12034584)
i've just bought one of them chargers from above - went for the car one (5.0) as my battery is dead flat so might be a good idea to recondition it - not much more expensive than buying a new battery and should last me a while.
I like the idea of a cut off switch however, is this something i should be doing anyway for a track car? whats the best way to go about it . Im not electronically minded! for me it’ll be much better than the 10mm ratchet spanner I use every time I go to take it out when I do that is which isn’t often bout 800 miles a year :cry: |
Originally Posted by Scooby_LewC
(Post 12034516)
If you want me to come over with my multimeter and test it mate let me know, I'm free tonight if that's any good to you.
If it's gone beyond a certain threshold it may not be possible to fully recover. With winter coming up last thing you want is to be left stranded! |
Originally Posted by the shreksta
(Post 12034601)
thanks buddy but it seems fine now,it was a new battery earlier this year so hopefully no damage done. i will be investing in a trickle charger now though
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
(Post 12034499)
Yep, that's the one I use on my cars. It will happily trickle charge a 100ah battery too. It's not powerful enough to charge a battery from dead, but it keeps my cars topped up ready to start just fine.
Had it on my beetle 3 years now and battery always ready to start. Also moved it to my FSTI to keep that charged when I bought my new car. All good. I have a much more powerful charger also for when batteries are dead. It says in the instructions not to extend the cable charger, do they mean extension leads are a no-no? |
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