hard to start.. ??? power drain ???

[scr33ch08]

okays once again i have another porblem with my car with the normal 57 vt battery it was hard to start up took about 20 seconds of cranking ( slow cranking key turned on start holding it their) and i recently got a yellow top and well .. its changed alot its now when i go to start my car lights and everything fine just ... then ... it dosent crank at all ... ? takes about 20 seconds - 5 mins to start trying to keep working now with the yellow tops do u need accesorys on for a certian amount of time due to dry cell battery or what ...


please help .. .

and just 1 more thing how would i go about hooking up a remote wire to a capacitor??

[acarmody]

Having a yellow top won't affect the starting of a car, I got a D34 and starts straight away. It won't be power drain or else the starter motor wouldn't operate for 20 secs.

"( slow cranking key turned on start holding it their)" Do you mean that the engine is turning over slowly like when the battery is low?

[SPLcamry]

Well when you got the yellow top did you fully charge it before you put it in the car ?

Also with the remote wire please tell me you didn't hook up the whole system with out addin the remote wire as runng any audio system without it causes the audio gear to stay on permantly.

[Ray De Man]

Try holding key in acc as i sometimes have that problem and realised that you have to build up the fuel pressure before starting. You will hear the pump buzz then go quiet. Now try starting.

If thats not the case, I hope you aint done what SPLcamry said!

[scr33ch08]

nah the system thruout has a remote wire just wondering if u need 1 for the capacitor and

yer its cranking slowley cause battery is low once i put the yellow top in it started like first got for about 1 week then nothing ... i take my head unit off and starts straight away .. ?

[scr33ch08]

and yea i cant hear my fuel pump buzzing what so ever from inside the car :S

[acarmody]

That is strange, you should hear the fuel pump (pressurizing?) when you turn the key onto ignition, for a few seconds. When I say ignition I mean all the dash lights up but engine doesn't crank.

Are you playing the sound system with a lot of bass before you turn the car off? Maybe draining battery faster than alternator can charge it up.

Theres no way you H/U could be pulling voltage away from the battery enough to make a difference.

Try hooking the H/U back up, getting into service mode and checking the digital volt meter on your dash and see what it says. If its below 12v than without starting the car, disconnect the H/U and check.

[Ray De Man]

ok then, just leave it in acc for 5 seconds or watch fuel gauge go up, to build pressure.

[scr33ch08]

yer il have a look in the morning and see cos i play alot of songs with bass but my idle is @ 1k cos sitting at light causes my lights to dimmer and what not = alternator not charging quick enought for power drainage but yer il have a look into it and see thanks

[scr33ch08]

okays its not fuel pressure its something else went to start and had nothing at the battery took battery out took to work with battery tester and seemed 100% fine ?? :S (went to start and lights and everything went off :S

[holdenboy]

i take my head unit off and starts straight away .. ?

So you turn the head-unit off and it starts straight away? dosent sound right to me.

I had a similar problem in my car but it wasnt audio related. The starter motor itself was buggered, did the exact same thing that youre describing though.

[scr33ch08]

cheers bro il have a look