Car been garaged for 7+ years. What's the liklihood it could be made a runner?

TrickyWicky

Delivery_Driver wrote: »

They just had crappy leads and the combination of a 2.5 diesel trying to start a 1.9 diesel melted them.

Cheap crappy leads are becoming scarily common place in larger cars these days. My local family bargains store (like the traditional £1 shop but not restricted to £1) is even selling them now for about £4.

I've been let down by cheap leads before so I bought my 25mm2 leads from Halfords. Never had any trouble with them. Sure they're a bit big, clumbersone and they're a pain to untangle but they'll jump start almost anything. I'd like to get the 35mm2 leads one day but thats obsessive overkill

Seriously, I can't recommend good quality leads enough to anyone looking to buy and carry them in their boot. Cheap leads are not worth the hassle.

s_b

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Seriously, I can't recommend good quality leads enough to anyone looking to buy and carry them in their boot. Cheap leads are not worth the hassle.

i dont recommend anyone use jump leads on modern cars especially things like citroens and pewgots with their bsi devices
my jump leads are as i said at least 25 years old and are usually only used to ascertain if a vehicle has a bad earthing engine rather than used for the purpose they were built
its far too dodgy to blow something
they are fine on the car in this thread though

bit of reading here
http://www.petercoopercarrepairs.co.uk/ford_focus_alternator_smart_charging.htm

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This thread should be retitled "My jump leads are better than yours"

:rolleyes: