Jump Start

glowworm · #1 02-05-2007, 11:18 AM

Can a vt v6 be jump started yes or no please let me know as my battery is dead,,

accentstencil · #2 02-05-2007, 11:37 AM

You can but you must be careful. Make sure that both vehicles' ignitions are off. Connect the positive of the good battery to the positive of the dead one. Connect the negitive lead to the good battery and connect the other end to a good grounding point of the car with the dead battery Do not connect it to the negative terminal ot the dead battery. Then start the car with the good battery and then start the one with the dead battery and leave them running for about 10 minutes. Turn both vehicles off and disconnect in reverse order. If you follow this procedure you shouldn't damage anything.
Hopefully your car will start again. If not, I would probably disconnect with the car running, but it's not recommended.

glowworm · #3 02-05-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by accentstencil

You can but you must be careful. Make sure that both vehicles' ignitions are off. Connect the positive of the good battery to the positive of the dead one. Connect the negitive lead to the good battery and connect the other end to a good grounding point of the car with the dead battery Do not connect it to the negative terminal ot the dead battery. Then start the car with the good battery and then start the one with the dead battery and leave them running for about 10 minutes. Turn both vehicles off and disconnect in reverse order. If you follow this procedure you shouldn't damage anything.
Hopefully your car will start again. If not, I would probably disconnect with the car running, but it's not recommended.

Thanks for that my car still doesnt want to start ..

NVE_069 · #4 02-05-2007, 12:38 PM

my car had a dead batt as it wasnt started for over a month when it was off the rd gettn fixed. i jump started it but u have to leave the other car running for a bit to let it put power into the other one then give it a go took mine few goes b4 it got any life but i still need a new batt.

there is also spec lead u can buy so u can put them both on the batt without probs

STEALTHY™ · #5 02-05-2007, 01:07 PM

If the person jumping your car doesn't have time to wait, just take your car for a long drive (maybe a half hour or so)

Not_An_Abba_Fan · #6 02-05-2007, 01:51 PM

If the battery is completely buggered, it won't jump start. Do you have ignition lights when the jumper leads are connected?

glowworm · #7 02-05-2007, 07:05 PM

Yes the battery is good as i posted last week my car will not start and took it to holden and they couldnt fix it so the battery has been having a hammering with this prob i jump started it ok now i am taking the car to an auto elec next tuesday so fingers crossed that he finds the prob..

vuv6 · #8 03-05-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by accentstencil

good grounding point of the car with the dead battery Do not connect it to the negative terminal ot the dead battery.

mate curious....wat would be a suitable grounding point? sumwhere on the engine?

cheers
ryan

accentstencil · #9 03-05-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by vuv6

mate curious....wat would be a suitable grounding point? sumwhere on the engine?

cheers
ryan

Yes, the engine is a good grounding point, I forgot to mention that. Somewhere like the exhaust manifild would be good.

vuv6 · #10 03-05-2007, 09:07 PM

thanks for that....i will now no for future reference

cheers mate
ryan

n0tepad · #11 26-12-2007, 06:46 PM

glowworm: what was the problem with it?

pablo · #12 27-12-2007, 04:19 PM

Just for safety's sake, I would like to point out that the reason for making the final connection, not on the negative battery post, but on a solid part of the engine block/manifold etc.away from the flat battery, is to ensure that any spark that may occure, no matter how small, will not ignite any hydrogen fumes from the flat battery.
My mate, one morning, found that he had left his parkers on over night, so he clipped his 'K-mart special' charger direct to the terminals and promptly blew the top off the battery. Acid over face, paint and his suit, not a pretty sight.

Pablo

commsirac · #13 27-12-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pablo

Just for safety's sake, I would like to point out that the reason for making the final connection, not on the negative battery post, but on a solid part of the engine block/manifold etc.away from the flat battery, is to ensure that any spark that may occure, no matter how small, will not ignite any hydrogen fumes from the flat battery.

That was the reason I understood the procedure for as well. For a battery in open spaces with the bonnet up.........im prepared to risk the possibility of ignition.......given that any hydrogen produced by the battery in discharging or charging(the latter more prevalent) will be doing a lap of the stratosphere in no time. There is a slight advantage in using the engine block of the "jumped" car in that there is ~1/2m less cable for the current to travel through and this may make the difference in having the necessary voltage to turn the car over through the already long jumper cables.

The draping jumper leads near/over reciprocating parts of the engine is a far more likely source of a problem IMO, especially if the engine(s) have mechanical fans.
If one insists on earthing to the engine block, the best spot is possible where the battery lead meets it.
Any potential of problems for sparks igniting hydrogen when releasing the cables can be avoided by removing the cables from the good battery first.