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Jan 4th, 2019, 17:58 | #1 |
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Hello. Yet another fault. Couple days ago I left interior light on through night. Next morning car was completely dead. With jump leads started the car. Two days drove without faults. Then today I left car for 3 hours and when I came back it was again dead- couldn’t even disengage alarm, no crank no nothing. Again with leads get car going, drove back and wanted to charge the battery but couldn’t get car in garage, because it was dead again. And the glow plug relay was making cranking noise
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Jan 4th, 2019, 18:09 | #2 |
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unless you used the correct points to jump start it, NOT the -ve and +ve terminals of the battery you could cause all sorts of issues for the ecm units in the car. as it has gone flat again and again, replacement battery time. Jumping it to get the car started may have damaged a cell, there maybe a failed/faulty cell , and as it keeps going flat, that sounds more liable If there is any warranty on the battery taking it back to where you bought it may get it replaced. if not then its hand in wallet to buy one,, and a big reminder to not leave the lights on overnight
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Jan 4th, 2019, 18:16 | #3 | |
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Thanks. I used + and - terminals..what’s wrong with that? And the battery has warranty, so I could try that |
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From the owners manual (page 160) +ve and -ve have the potential to fry ECU's and other electronic components +ve and body earth dont
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Jan 4th, 2019, 19:11 | #5 |
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You don't say what car or engine type but if it's the 2.0D 4-pot, the alternators are a cheap Ford part and known for giving up the ghost between 100k and 150k miles. Sometimes they go intermittently short circuit and flatten the battery. The interior light has a timer so if you leave it on, it will turn itself off after a while and in any case a healthy battery should easily run a 10w interior light overnight and still start the car.
You would be surprised at the number of new batteries that are faulty, so I would get it checked. When jump starting, it is best practice to attached the jump leads to the + and - battery terminals of the "donor" car and the "+" battery terminal of the dead car and an - body earth or engine earth. The reason for this is when you disconnect the - lead from the now started dead car there is no risk of igniting gases discharged from the battery. The very best practice is to attach it directly to the engine - this mitigates the small resistance voltage drop in the engine to body earth strap. It is just best practice though and there is no risk of damaging anything electrical by connecting directly to the batter provided the polarity is correct.
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Jan 4th, 2019, 19:41 | #6 | |
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Its 2004 2.0d. I put battery to charge overnight, so will be looking tomorrow further Maybe dumb question, how to tell if it’s alternotor or batteries fault? |
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