[monley]

zukenutter wrote:

monkey wrote:

vaso wrote:

would it not be the starter motor? the battery seems to be able to handle aircon, radio and lights while running, also wouldnt it have started when i used the jumper leads to another car?
dont get me wrong, it would be great if it was just the battery....

I had a similar issue as to what your describing....replaced the battery...never been a issue sense! Can you take your battery some where to get tested?

Beat you!

That's what she said to

[vaso]

Ill get a current meter onto it within the hour, what should it be reading?

[zukenutter]

vaso wrote:

Ill get a current meter onto it within the hour, what should it be reading?

If it's holding charge and just been running the battery should have around 13V I think.

[vaso]

Just checked it, 12.8V just sitting there, dropped to 12.4V when i tried turning it over, is that bad? lol

[zukenutter]

vaso wrote:

Just checked it, 12.8V just sitting there, dropped to 12.4V when i tried turning it over, is that bad? lol

Like I said the starter is quite heavy on power drain. I really don't know the answer though, a fair auto electrician probably won't charge you to check and diagnose. Then you know for sure what the problem is.

[vaso]

Took it to an auto electrician, battery is fine, it was the starter motor, he used the "whack it while turning the key" trick and it kicked over, i didnt hit it hard enough last night :S

[zukenutter]

vaso wrote:

Took it to an auto electrician, battery is fine, it was the starter motor, he used the "whack it while turning the key" trick and it kicked over, i didnt hit it hard enough last night :S

Did he charge you anything?

[vaso]

no he didnt charge me anything, but im sure the mechanic i took it to will

[zukenutter]

at least you found out easily what the problem was.

[vaso]

I agree, thanks to everyone who helped, really appreciate it

[losfer]

moag stated that you can drive around with the terminal bridged , i dont recommend this . bridging those terminals is also how you check( lock) the timing , not only will it cause excessive combustion temps , it will cause the catalytic converter to melt.

[Moag]

losfer wrote:

moag stated that you can drive around with the terminal bridged , i dont recommend this . bridging those terminals is also how you check( lock) the timing , not only will it cause excessive combustion temps , it will cause the catalytic converter to melt.

To read the codes you're bridging pins (terminals) B and D.

To fix the timing you're bridging pins D and E!!!

Been driving around with pins B and D bridged for a month without a problem, but will let you know if anything melts.