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Title: broken down
Post by: neilr on 08 February 2011, 08:15:28

hi all car would not start yesterday all symtons of flat battery. Tried to jump start nothing. Battery completely dead. Towed home. As i was tryint to start car throttle switch clicked should it?. is there a starter relay somewhere? if so what colour? Battery on charge now. any ideas please. Will it crank if immobilser is shot. sorry for so many questions at once.

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: Jimbob on 08 February 2011, 08:24:50

Start with the pedal trick and post any fault codes up  :y

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: neilr on 08 February 2011, 08:29:19

its 2.6 so need to be read

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: Jimbob on 08 February 2011, 08:31:39

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its 2.6 so need to be read

nope, thats 2.2..

pedal trick works on 2.6  :y

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: neilr on 08 February 2011, 08:52:09

just been out to read codes none present or showing

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: Lazydocker on 08 February 2011, 15:33:37

Have you tried again with a charged battery?

Anyway... It should still crank with an immobiliser fault but there will be a light flashing on the dash :y

[edit]Is this the same car that was turning over slowly a little while ago?[/edit]

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: neilr on 09 February 2011, 15:19:43

yes it is same car with slow starter but now Im not sure whether lies with battery starter or charge rate. Roll on the weekend and hope swmbo doesnt breakdown again in the meantime.

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: Lazydocker on 09 February 2011, 16:12:41

Do the full charging system test as listed in the guides section. Also, do your battery leads get very hot?

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: mrgreen on 10 February 2011, 00:47:31

sounds like a starter motor problem but obviously start at the battery and work your way back checking for dirty/rusty connections e.t.c i  thought for ages i had a bad lead or battery in my transit van and it turned out the starter was fubarred but a slow turning starter if it doesn't sound right is most likely the cause imo
as has been said immobiliser won't stop it cranking just stop it stating that's a whole different box of tricks!

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: neilr on 10 February 2011, 15:39:30

Not sure if leads are getting warm another thing to check thanks. not sure if it is starter as it turns over quicker now with charged battery. wouldnt do a thing with starter pack though but i suspect that was because starter has stuck. Long time since i encountered that last time was with my ford 123e anglia !!

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: Lazydocker on 10 February 2011, 15:49:02

Could be the crimps at the battery terminals... Check how hot they are and the state of the wires (carefully as mine were hot enough to blister my finger ::))

Title: Re: broken down
Post by: neilr on 10 February 2011, 16:12:34

o .k thanks for that will bear it in mind. L D