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Advice please....My car will not start
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Disconnect the battery overnight an if that makes a diference
is sounds like a short/drain.0 -
Well, I have just attempted to jump start the car using my mates Ka.......no success.
The battery warning light says the battery needs charging ( so I suspect there is something draining the power).
I may invest in a trickle charger tomorrow from Wilkos ( I can at least walk there).
Otherwise its a £40 excess for the break down company to get me to the local garage to investigate the problem.
Anybody got any more ideas
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Get someone to give you a push and bump start the car. How much was you charged for the new alternator.0
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Haven't you got a couple of mates who can give you a push start?"There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0
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The alternator was £125 inc fitting......I would love to be able to bump start it.....its in a sloping (wrong way) drive...and live in a dual carriageway in a hill.....
I am doomed ....lol
I have another friend bringing round a charger in the morning. Then its off to the garage to get it sorted once and for all.Slimming world new starter 2/1/17:D:DWeight loss so far 5 stone 8 lbs
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How do you mean the jump starting failed? Regardless of battery condition connecting jump leads from a known good and running car should have given the power to at least turn the engine over after a minute or two. Did the engine actually turn over? I don't understand what's happening here.0
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I bet it needs a new battery. If the place where you took the car didn't do a drop test on the battery i would take the car to someone thats knows what they are doing.0
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Has it got any petrol in the tank?
Is the front of the car facing uphill or the back?British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
How do you mean the jump starting failed? Regardless of battery condition connecting jump leads from a known good and running car should have given the power to at least turn the engine over after a minute or two. Did the engine actually turn over? I don't understand what's happening here.
The engine wouldn't even turn over...... we are both girls so prob didn't do it correctly. I am going so ask my neighbour laterSlimming world new starter 2/1/17:D:DWeight loss so far 5 stone 8 lbs
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Has it got any petrol in the tank?
Is the front of the car facing uphill or the back?
The car is full of petrol ( in readiness for my long trip on Thursday ).
Its parked on the drive facing up wards towards the main road.Slimming world new starter 2/1/17:D:DWeight loss so far 5 stone 8 lbs
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