Car went dead while driving at night.
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Heel & Toe
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From: Nottinghamshire
Car went dead while driving at night.
So the other night I was just heading back from a local car show, noticed the headlights flicker a couple of times and the stereo went blank once or twice. After around half an hours drive I pulled upto a roundabout and the car went dead, no headlights dash lights just the engine management light, car started straight back up when I dipped the clutch and pressed start button.
No more problems the next day then I went to start it today and it clicked when I went to start it, tried again did the same, tried a third time and it cracked over fine and started. Couldn’t make it happen again.
I checked the earths around the engine in particular the one near the starter all tight and good. Starter had a rusty connection on the lowest point, so cleaned that up as best I could and tightened back up, not brilliant as I don’t have any ramps to lift the car up.
Could this be a dodgy ignition switch, any other ideas?
Thanks
Eddie
cars an 06 manual hard top
No more problems the next day then I went to start it today and it clicked when I went to start it, tried again did the same, tried a third time and it cracked over fine and started. Couldn’t make it happen again.
I checked the earths around the engine in particular the one near the starter all tight and good. Starter had a rusty connection on the lowest point, so cleaned that up as best I could and tightened back up, not brilliant as I don’t have any ramps to lift the car up.
Could this be a dodgy ignition switch, any other ideas?
Thanks
Eddie
cars an 06 manual hard top
Last edited by Eddie101; Apr 19, 2019 at 06:06 AM.
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Heel & Toe
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Thought I would add a picture of the starter terminals
They look a bit shiny as I wire brushed them up, but not sure if it’s rusty because of getting too hot.
Last edited by Eddie101; Apr 19, 2019 at 08:27 AM.
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Before doing anything else, I'd do an alternator test and a battery load test to confirm the main components were working at nearly peak efficiency.
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Heel & Toe
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Battery test:
Battery voltage before start 12.25v
on starting minimum 9.8v
Maximum 14.59
Alternator test :
Voltage before start 12.10v
on initial startup 11.8v
after a a few seconds 14.46v @ idle
14.5v @ 2000rm
Battery voltage before start 12.25v
on starting minimum 9.8v
Maximum 14.59
Alternator test :
Voltage before start 12.10v
on initial startup 11.8v
after a a few seconds 14.46v @ idle
14.5v @ 2000rm
