liam1 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 its been off the road for the winter months, just put the battery back noticed the positive terminal is slack i cant seem to get it screwed tight, alarm works fine doors lock and unlock, all i am getting is a single click as i turn the key it did try and start briefly, ive took the battery back off and stuck it on charge in case its flat i did notice the positive terminal the outer coating is coming away at the top exposing the terminal im lost at what may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 flat battery mate.. charge it and try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam1 Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 flat battery mate.. charge it and try again cheers jurgen going to charge battery up and try it again in the morning mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 dead battery my old one would say its charged and as soon as you put load on it click click click.Took it to get tested and when put on the load tester was going down to 3 volt or something like that,even though the tester said it had 12v. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam1 Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 dead battery my old one would say its charged and as soon as you put load on it click click click.Took it to get tested and when put on the load tester was going down to 3 volt or something like that,even though the tester said it had 12v. going to try a new battery first thing in the morning, put the old one on charge and within minutes it said it was fully charged,the old one is about two years old and in all that time think ive only drove the car to the mot station and back think i may have killed the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Liam I've got a spare battery here you can have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam1 Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Liam I've got a spare battery here you can have. cheers jon you are a star mate will speak to you over the weekend mate about picking it up club spirit strikes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 No problemo, glad to help bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I am surprised you left the car that long and expected the battery to still have charge...lol.!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam1 Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 I am surprised you left the car that long and expected the battery to still have charge...lol.!! H. me to lol, tried the battery from me wifes car this morning and still nothing, put some fuel in it to thats about as far as my mechanincal knowledge goes, my neighbour had a look and still nothing got my booster pack out and after a few tries it starts, im convinced its the positive battery clamp that i cant tighten fully is the problem so after a bit of fiddling finally get a decent clamp on it and it starts first time,just purchased a set of battery clamps going to replace them both i will still take that battery of you jon please mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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