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[Ever Ready]

why do people still jump cars this way?
dosnt anyone read the handbooks with there cars?

Usually only after they have dropped a bollock   anyway reading a manual? that's for girls

apologies in advance for any offence caused to the female of the species

[Andy B]

why do people still jump cars this way?
dosnt anyone read the handbooks with there cars?

jump their cars what way? Incorrectly connected or just jump starting cars in general? 

[Kevin Wood]

why do people still jump cars this way?
dosnt anyone read the handbooks with there cars?

jump their cars what way? Incorrectly connected or just jump starting cars in general? 

Yep, no problem with either if done correctly, modern car or not. The manual is "for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools" IMHO.

[Ever Ready]

It's not rocket science after all

A lot of people have advised against owners jump starting their cars due to them flooding the cat with fuel.

Unfortunately a lot of owners just keep trying until they flatten their battery and have by then passed a fair bit of un burnt fuel into the exhaust system

Another problem with jump starting is the original battery could be gassing due to having the living daylights knocked out of it on route to being totally flat

Surely in todays throw away culture a lot of our fellow motorists do not even possess a set of jump leads and prefer to sip on their Starbucks while waiting for a man/woman with a van

[Shackeng]

why do people still jump cars this way?
dosnt anyone read the handbooks with there cars?

If I've learned anything at my age, it is: I can still get things wrong!

[Kevin Wood]

It's not rocket science after all

A lot of people have advised against owners jump starting their cars due to them flooding the cat with fuel.

Unfortunately a lot of owners just keep trying until they flatten their battery and have by then passed a fair bit of un burnt fuel into the exhaust system

Another problem with jump starting is the original battery could be gassing due to having the living daylights knocked out of it on route to being totally flat

Surely in todays throw away culture a lot of our fellow motorists do not even possess a set of jump leads and prefer to sip on their Starbucks while waiting for a man/woman with a van

Indeed. Common sense says that if you've left your lights on and flattened the battery, a jump start is a sensible solution and you'll be back on the road in no time. If you've cranked it endlessly until one battery's flat, it 'ain't going to start until the fault is fixed.

Then again, I have a theory that overpriced coffee, paid for in Switzerland and delivered via Holland, or wherever it was, actually washes away common sense. It's the only explanation for its' rarity these days.

[r1]

 
here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

[Andy B]

......
and reduce the risk of arking

We could do with some arking in this wet weather ....... 

[Vamps]

here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

No No No!!!!!! negative to negative and then positive to earth, this is the way for any decent car..........

[Ever Ready]

Always remember if you only have one good jump lead then just push the cars chrome bumpers together, remember and get a good connection or two might become one 


I actually remember reading in the manuals of older cars not to let bumpers touch when negative earth cars were introduced

[Vamps]

Always remember if you only have one good jump lead then just push the cars chrome bumpers together, remember and get a good connection or two might become one 


I actually remember reading in the manuals of older cars not to let bumpers touch when negative earth cars were introduced

That's the way...........

[AndyRoid]

here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

No No No!!!!!! negative to negative and then positive to earth, this is the way for any decent car..........

Certainly guaranteed to start a fire if you do connect it that way 

[aaronjb]

here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

No No No!!!!!! negative to negative and then positive to earth, this is the way for any decent car..........

Certainly guaranteed to start a fire if you do connect it that way 

I think Vamps mistakenly thinks that care are still -ve chassis.. hopefully someone has taken his spanners away now as it's not 1954 anymore

[Kevin Wood]

here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

No No No!!!!!! negative to negative and then positive to earth, this is the way for any decent car..........

Certainly guaranteed to start a fire if you do connect it that way 

I think Vamps mistakenly thinks that care are still -ve chassis.. hopefully someone has taken his spanners away now as it's not 1954 anymore

I think I'd better have your spanners for safe keeping, please?

Older cars were + to chassis.

[Ever Ready]

here we go then for people that don't read books
pos to pos
neg to earth point  on engine of car being jumped

this will save your ecu,and reduce the risk of arking

No No No!!!!!! negative to negative and then positive to earth, this is the way for any decent car..........

Certainly guaranteed to start a fire if you do connect it that way 

I think Vamps mistakenly thinks that care are still -ve chassis.. hopefully someone has taken his spanners away now as it's not 1954 anymore

I think I'd better have your spanners for safe keeping, please?

Older cars were + to chassis.

I think you are being too Negative on the poor chap