why the hell wont my car start now!!

[[JUDGE]]

hey guys back again *sigh* jst went out to start my car as it hasent been started ina few days, and the son of a bitch wont start. now i just bought a brand new battery last week, so it cant be a flat battery, but i turn over the key and all you can hear is the alternator clicking whats the deal.?

[SthEastCustoms]

i put new battery in myn but drained it with stereo jump start fixed it

[[JUDGE]]

i got told if another commy jumps a dif model they fry the computers? my mum has a VT

[V85000i]

first of all, it's the starter motor that clicks, and check the terminals are tight and clean.

[[JUDGE]]

they are tight and clean, i went away for about a week and havent started the car in a while. if i jump start the battery will it be fine? nothing go wrong? who can i get to jump start it?

[pandaman]

Got a multimeter or know someone who does? If so then check your battery voltage. A bloke on the other forum fitted a new battery recently only to find that it was dead flat.

[[JUDGE]]

well it has a 2 year warranty, should i just ring up the guys and say "yea yous gave me a ****ty battery" and get a new one?

[Garth]

nope, i wouldnt ring up and say the battery is ****
i would first do the following checks
1. make sure the terminals are tight, and free of goo
2. check voltage on battery, see if it's above or below the 12v mark
3. drop the center seat in the back seat down, and see if the boot light is on.
4. if boot light is on, remove the light bulb, and jump start the car.
5. check for sweeling on the side of battery cells

if you have to do anything for 1, or 5 take it back
3 will cause no 2 to happen.

[pandaman]

well it has a 2 year warranty, should i just ring up the guys and say "yea yous gave me a ****ty battery" and get a new one?

Do you know the battery is ****? NO! Find out what the problem is before you start slinging ****.

[AirStrike]

No offence........but some people just shouldn't own cars

[1vngal]

Have you checked the alternator?

there's a few things that may possibly have caused it.

[pandaman]

No offence........but some people just shouldn't own cars

lol, I fail to see how that could ever be considered non-offensive. Anyway, that's what the forum is for, asking questions and learning from the answers. Let's face it, it's a long way from being the dumbest question ever asked in this forum. Given the average standard, it's quite reasonable really.

[1vngal]

nope, i wouldnt ring up and say the battery is ****
i would first do the following checks
1. make sure the terminals are tight, and free of goo
2. check voltage on battery, see if it's above or below the 12v mark
3. drop the center seat in the back seat down, and see if the boot light is on.
4. if boot light is on, remove the light bulb, and jump start the car.
5. check for sweeling on the side of battery cells

if you have to do anything for 1, or 5 take it back
3 will cause no 2 to happen.

GARTH!!!! You only made one spelling mistake!!!!

So I wil macke up fore it nowe for you.

[pandaman]

Have you checked the alternator?

there's a few things that may possibly have caused it.

This is a good suggestion, particularly if it was running well with the new battery for a while. I didn't read the original post properly and assumed it wasn't starting right after a brand new battery was fitted. To check the alternator, once you've jumpstarted it, use the multimeter to check the charging voltage at 2000RPM, should be 14 point something volts if memory serves?

[AirStrike]

lol, I fail to see how that could ever be considered non-offensive. Anyway, that's what the forum is for, asking questions and learning from the answers. Let's face it, it's a long way from being the dumbest question ever asked in this forum. Given the average standard, it's quite reasonable really.

It's quite simple, you jump start it and let it run for a few minutes. Then turn it off. If it won't start again its the battery. If it starts again but plays up the next day its the alternator. 9 times outta 10 its one of the two.

[pandaman]

It's quite simple, you jump start it and let it run for a few minutes. Then turn it off. If it won't start again its the battery. If it starts again but plays up the next day its the alternator. 9 times outta 10 its one of the two.

Meh, quicker to check the charging voltage, and then you know for sure.

[AirStrike]

Meh, quicker to check the charging voltage, and then you know for sure.

I know, but not everyone has a multimeter or knows how to use it..........and with a thread like this im guessing the later.

[[JUDGE]]

geez ask a question and i get hammerd, defeats the purpose of forums i reckon..thought it was for support not abuse, well i got the battery put it in, went for a drive that night on the way home the lights went dim, the stereo cut out, as i pulled into the drive way it stalled. Went away for a couple days tried starting it tonight and nothing. so use all reckon give it a jump start and it should be good. is my mums Vt ok for this as shes told me certain commys fry other commy's computers on jump start?

[pandaman]

geez ask a question and i get hammerd, defeats the purpose of forums i reckon..thought it was for support not abuse, well i got the battery put it in, went for a drive that night on the way home the lights went dim, the stereo cut out, as i pulled into the drive way it stalled. Went away for a couple days tried starting it tonight and nothing. so use all reckon give it a jump start and it should be good. is my mums Vt ok for this as shes told me certain commys fry other commy's computers on jump start?

Ok, definitely sounds like an alternator problem. On the car providing the jump, attach the negative lead to an earthing point, like the lifting point on the engine. Some people also like to have the headlights on for the recieving vehicle. Personally I don't think it matters diddly squat. The reason you're copping attitude from some people is that this really is a very simple problem and some people forget what it was like when they were starting out and didn't know **** either.

[AirStrike]

geez ask a question and i get hammerd, defeats the purpose of forums i reckon..thought it was for support not abuse, well i got the battery put it in, went for a drive that night on the way home the lights went dim, the stereo cut out, as i pulled into the drive way it stalled. Went away for a couple days tried starting it tonight and nothing. so use all reckon give it a jump start and it should be good. is my mums Vt ok for this as shes told me certain commys fry other commy's computers on jump start?

Sorry if I come across harsh mate, but it's something that im sure if you searched would of found tons of info. Won't hurt it at all unless you wire the leads wrong. I have used the old man's BA to jump the SS before.

[pandaman]

Won't hurt it at all unless you wire the leads wrong. I have used the old man's BA to jump the SS before.

Ditto, I've jumped the VN off an AU. No damage to either vehicle.

[[JUDGE]]

no worries guys, i just find that if i type up my storey as to whats wrong, i get better info then from searching the other threads. So if i was to jump start my car with my mums VT it would be fine, cause a number have people said itll fry the computer, and if i do that to my mums car ........ill be running and not looking back haha

[AirStrike]

I have used the old man's BA to jump the SS before.

Ditto, I've jumped the VN off an AU. No damage to either vehicle.

See above posts.

[YMY-88U]

id say the bushes in the alternator are to far worn down... (the black thing at the back of the alternator) they are fairly cheap and if havent been changed before id say theat they are well and truly due for them.

[[JUDGE]]

argh the bitch wont let me...."no it will blow up my car, no u need special jumper cables, bla bla"