start fault

[Jackal83]

Hi guys
When you first start the cerbera after a week or so the start wants to drop out of mess when you press the button..... Just like when a starter goes knackered.
Noticed at weekend that the battery clamp is not actually clamping the the battery down to the car so tock the battery out... and its looking very small to do the job... about 1.5" shorter than the clamp...do you think this could be causing the starter to drop out of mesh... seems fine after a good run when you start it... battery fully charged after a week or engines warm.
Whats the proper battery code for the 1996 cerbera?

Jack

[Jackal83]

Any ideas guys???

[al 350i]

i think the battery code is 089.

http://www.tayna.co.uk/089-Numax-Car-Battery-P1008...

if its spinning but not engaging then i would suspect that there is a problem with the starter, maybe the solenoid isn't engage properly, there was a post recently on here about a similar problem

Edited by al 350i on Wednesday 11th November 22:30

[al 350i]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...