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car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 03:12
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heyas,
i stupidly left the door of my car open yesterday and havent touched it till now, but find that my car wont start. my capacitor is showing only 8.2V. i got my friend to come down and jump start it but no luck, it still sounds like the battery is just outta juice. maybe its the starter motor?
any advice would be greatly appreciated
thanks
dave
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December 2002
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 03:21
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| DTrain wrote on Thu, 24 February 2005 14:12 |
my capacitor is showing only 8.2V
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You mean your battery?
If so then you must have dropped a cell or two... it "may" work again if you top up your battery with distilled water and charge it with a float charger.
Probably easier just to toss it and buy a new one.
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 03:29
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I'd say its his capacitor for his stereo with a digital readout.
Leave his car connected to yours, and running at about 2500rpm for about 5mins.
I'd had instances where a car battery was too flat to start even with a jump.
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 04:47
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If its the voltage readout on a 1F or similar cap for your amp then:
1. Don't believe it entirely... those displays are 99% bling 1% function.
2. You might have a bad earth strap / terminal.
Grab your multimeter and check the resistance between the body of the car and the -ve terminal of your battery... if you get anything much above 0.001ohms you've got a problem.
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 05:14
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mm my distribution block is showing the same value as the capacitor
i dont have a multimeter so i might just wait and give it another go with the jumpers
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September 2003
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 06:05
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ok she's all good, just needed a while to charge - thanks all for your help
just one more question - i checked my diagnostic codes and its comin up with error code 1, however all pages explaining the error codes only start at like error 12. so my question is what is code 1? (1 flash every 4.5secs)
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 06:23
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| DTrain wrote on Thu, 24 February 2005 17:05 |
ok she's all good, just needed a while to charge - thanks all for your help
just one more question - i checked my diagnostic codes and its comin up with error code 1, however all pages explaining the error codes only start at like error 12. so my question is what is code 1? (1 flash every 4.5secs)
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haha... when it goes flash pause flash pause... and the pauses are the same time it means no error codes recorded. 
Tis All Good!
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Low Head (Tasmania)
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September 2004
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Re: car wont start?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 06:43
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it was said if a battery is fully flat then it prob wont start at all.
you can charge it like you did, but be aware that if a battery is fully flat your alternator wont charge it because they the battery to have a small ammount of power to charge them.
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