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10th December 2008, 17:53 | #1 |
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Hi all, car has a brand new battery in from halfords last thursday but the car took about 8 attempts before it would kickover tonight, the car has been left outside for the last 4 days so is this something you would expect?.
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10th December 2008, 19:04 | #2 |
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Was the battery replaced like-for-like in terms of cold cranking power and overall capacity?
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10th December 2008, 19:51 | #3 |
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Hi, this was the correct spec battery for my 75 and in autoexpress it was rated within the top 3 for cold cranking etc,this is what they said..............
A surprisingly good battery, considering it’s from Halfords’ standard range. A night in the freezer still left the battery able to give five no-nonsense starts, and our part discharged cranking test showed equal vigour too – despite a relatively average 640 cranking amps rating. Even the bulb test resulted in a very impressive 315 minutes. |
10th December 2008, 19:53 | #4 |
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Does the engine appear to turn over easily? If not then it may be the starter motor (a short sharp tap with a hammer can often 'unstick' them temporarily). If not it's either the cam or crank sensor - I forget which now - that can affect cold starting (the other affects hot starts). If they are on the way out then symptoms are as you experience.
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I have never had a problem of it starting before, it has always turned-over 1st time every time, and a new crankshaft sensor was fitted in may when I had the cambelts changed.....I just thought ist might be because I havent used it in four days, the cold weather and its 1 month overdue for a service, as it was cranking over but not enough to start but as soon as it seemed to get warmer it started no problem....or do you suspect something else?
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I would personally see how things progress. If everything is working fine now and it starts okay even on very cold mornings then you ought to be fine. Could have been a one-off. As with all cars any temperature approaching zero or below undoubtably poses a few challenges to the cars systems.
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many thanks for your advice, fingers crossed
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Some sound advice on purchasing Lead Acid Batteries always check the week date and reject if older than 6 months old, any battery that's been hanging round for longer than 6 months requires top charging ( due to sulphation ) to restore back to full charge. click on the link below for more info.
http://www.yuasa-battery.co.uk/autom...owbatteryworks http://www.ibt-power.com/Lead_acid_t...acid_tech.html Trevor Last edited by TrevorL; 10th December 2008 at 21:46.. |
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