Battery help
Battery help
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chris52

Original Poster:

1,560 posts

212 months

Sunday 12th July 2009
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The battery I have now seems to work ok it always starts the car even after leaving it for a week untouched without having to recharge, But I have a few issues that may or may not be battery related so thought it better to ask the experts.

Firstly when starting from either hot or cold it always takes a good few turns before the car fires up plus it seems to crank it very slow to begin with then speeds up ands its at this point the car will fire up.
Also I have noticed when the fans kick in the idle will become very unsteady.

Is this worth investing in another battery or is it some other issue that needs looking into?

I have checked all the earths and they are fine so nothing there.

Cheers Chris

yellowgriff

1,429 posts

211 months

Sunday 12th July 2009
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get some one to check the battery first,, If the batterys ok it will be a lazy starter motor.......

HRG.

72,863 posts

268 months

Sunday 12th July 2009
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What's the cranking current?

chris52

Original Poster:

1,560 posts

212 months

Sunday 12th July 2009
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cheers for the resposes to be honest i have no idea what the battery is as I have never had it out. I will remove it get it checked out.
Cheers Chris

HRG.

72,863 posts

268 months

Sunday 12th July 2009
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Put a chalk mark on the floor first if you have the battery box out!

Ballistic Banana

14,706 posts

296 months

Monday 13th July 2009
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Yeah check the battery Cranking, I had mine changed by a TVR Bodyshop down in the south west , they put in the wrong one and something I never checked for a few years but when I did find out and changed to the correct one it did cure a slow turn over problem...as you would of thought. Wish i had of looked earlier but stupidly thought must be something else as trusted they would have put the right one in...One of many probs i have now sorted after it came back from there rolleyes


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