Would a dodgy battery cause this?

[STEALTHY™]

Ok, for a few weeks now, i've been having problems with my battery, where it wouldn't start the car straight away after being used.


Thats not the problem, i finally got sick of it and changed batterys between the cars, and all is sweet with the starting.

Confusing me tho, is i had the 'blown bulb' waring light on for a while, but now with the new battery, it has gone away.
And also was having problems with the fuel and temp gauges sticking, but they are both working perfect now. Coincidence?

[HoZy]

Hmmm With the gauges maybe not enough current was able to be drawn to the cluster but with the lamp light i got no clue ^_^ confusing

Cheers
MaT

[JD]

how old's the battery?
could've just reached the end of its life but i'd be double checking alternator outputs.

[STEALTHY™]

the battery was within 2 years old, but it was a while between starts before.

so were putting it down to 'random'???

[JD]

battery's are weird things so i'd put it down as that.

remember mikes gold vn battery? that was a joke with all the crap it had all over it and the fact it was years old and it still kept on going!

[minux]

I'd put it down to the battery, if it is running very low voltage certain more important things take the power to keep running.

[batemada]

It is best to take your car for a good long drive every 2 months especially if you dont drive it very often to make sure that the battery is fully charged and will keep running in top contition for longer.

[STEALTHY™]

I daily drive my car now, but the car had a blown gearbox, which is why it wasnt used for a while.

Anyway, all is good now, except i now have to figure out how to reset the clock on the deck (never done it, and never have the manual)


Thanks for the replys guys

[DannyboyDS]

once i pulled into the bottle shop, turned the car off and got out, bought my drinks got back in and the car wouldnt start, the instrument lights wouldnt even come on i got NOTHING.

I called a friend and moments before they arrived I gave it one more try, it had been sitting there for nearly 20 mins and it suddenyl kicked over, although the instrument lights were very dim when I tried it that one last time, I replaced the battery the next day and all ahs been fine ever since.

[Tasmaniak]

well, I guess it doesn't matter now eh stealthy?

[white vn ss]

no offence but thats a bit harsh. just cos his gone no need to make comments like that.

[vlv8vic]

no offence but thats a bit harsh. just cos his gone no need to make comments like that.

think someone missed the joke... or else ive missed something else.....

[white vn ss]

joke or no joke. not a very mature way to deal with it.

[Garth]

it was a april fools joke, remember april fools day ?

[STEALTHY™]

omg what have i done now


people are still coming on msn saying 'sorry man' and 'how you feeling'

guess people don't read past the first page!

[andyman]

once i pulled into the bottle shop, turned the car off and got out, bought my drinks got back in and the car wouldnt start, the instrument lights wouldnt even come on i got NOTHING.

I called a friend and moments before they arrived I gave it one more try, it had been sitting there for nearly 20 mins and it suddenyl kicked over, although the instrument lights were very dim when I tried it that one last time, I replaced the battery the next day and all ahs been fine ever since.

sounds like a typical flat/clapped out battery,

if a battery has had a lot of current draw on it, and then the draw stops, ie you turn the ignition off, the battery will recover power ie the rc rating on a battery (reserve current? (i think its called)),
so like you said you came back 20 min later and it just turned over and started cause it made up enough power etc etc

andrew

[STEALTHY™]

sounds like a typical flat/clapped out battery,

if a battery has had a lot of current draw on it, and then the draw stops, ie you turn the ignition off, the battery will recover power ie the rc rating on a battery (reserve current? (i think its called)),
so like you said you came back 20 min later and it just turned over and started cause it made up enough power etc etc

andrew

thats pretty much what my old ones does. Although it was more like 1.5 hours (lucky it died at the deli across the road from my work lol)

[vq~gangsta]

once i pulled into the bottle shop, turned the car off and got out, bought my drinks got back in and the car wouldnt start, the instrument lights wouldnt even come on i got NOTHING.

I called a friend and moments before they arrived I gave it one more try, it had been sitting there for nearly 20 mins and it suddenyl kicked over, although the instrument lights were very dim when I tried it that one last time, I replaced the battery the next day and all ahs been fine ever since.

That one sounds like a loose or corroded battery terminal