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Offline 16vmk3ash

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Car wont start Again!
« on: 18 March 2004, 22:48 »
Right i dont know what the f*ck is going on, but the f*uckers dead!
Was running great today, came home from work fitted my new discs, went to take it out for a spin and nothing.

The engine briefly turned over, but then started acting as if i had a flat battery (clock reset it self etc.)!
So i put it on a fast charge for 1hr, went out to try it again and now none of the lights on the dash will even light up.

I have checked all the fuses and there fine, cant see any loose wires, so what the F*CK is going on?

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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #1 on: 18 March 2004, 22:51 »
Starter motor? or maybe god is saying these words

"never laugh at 8v's again ... they are faster than your none starting 16v"

LMAO ... just joking around.

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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #2 on: 18 March 2004, 22:55 »


something silly.. but is the abs warning light or anything else on the dash on?
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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #3 on: 18 March 2004, 22:55 »
its not the starter motor, there is f*ck all power. nothing on the dash will light up, it wont turn over, it wont atempt to turn over its just DEAD

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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #4 on: 18 March 2004, 22:59 »
does the charger show how much juice is in the battery?
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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #5 on: 18 March 2004, 23:02 »
on my battery charger there is a bar going up to 12. When i put it on charge it was reading 6, usually when the battery is full charged it will read around 2.

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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #6 on: 18 March 2004, 23:21 »
you say usually... what it say now?
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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #7 on: 18 March 2004, 23:22 »
ohh and btw.. *do not* trust fuses just by looking at them

use a multimeter, i've gotten all pissed off, and had ones that had such a hairline crack u couldnt see it until u flexed the fuse
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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #8 on: 18 March 2004, 23:26 »
When i hooked it up to my charger it was reading 6, when i came back 1hr later it was reading about 6.2. it had actually lost power whilst it was been charged for some reason!

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Re:Car wont start Again!
« Reply #9 on: 18 March 2004, 23:31 »
Also, the lights on the dash were working before i started charging the battery but not after!