Aargh! Non starting five....
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I tried starting my 5 this evening. It has been standing since October. The plan was to tidy it up, tax and then go for a little drive.
Well that plan went right out the window. I de-activated the alarm, the battery to my surprise still held charge. All the lights, electrics worked fine.
That was until i tried starting it. It's turning over but not starting. More like making banging noise. I'm going to attempt it with jump leads tomorrow as it may just be a case where it needs a good dose of jumping to get it started.
Hopefully better luck tomorrow.
Well that plan went right out the window. I de-activated the alarm, the battery to my surprise still held charge. All the lights, electrics worked fine.
That was until i tried starting it. It's turning over but not starting. More like making banging noise. I'm going to attempt it with jump leads tomorrow as it may just be a case where it needs a good dose of jumping to get it started.
Hopefully better luck tomorrow.
Yes and no. The dash lights flicker off but not fade away. I haven't continually cranked it yet just in case the engine is frozen. I flushed the cooling system pre summer and for the life of me can't remember wether i put any coolant / anti freeze in there.
I'll be looking under the bonnet later this afternoon to see if anything is frozen or not. Fingers crossed it's 'only' a dud battery.
I'll be looking under the bonnet later this afternoon to see if anything is frozen or not. Fingers crossed it's 'only' a dud battery.
10AE said:
Did you get it started okay?
No i never tried as i was called into work. When i got back i discovered that my Legacy was dead too so i have put the battery on charge overnight and i'll attempt the 5 tomorrow. It is a gun type noise so fingers crossed it needs a little jumo. Then i can clean it out, put some cat litter in there as the interior is condensated pretty bad.
piefacemate said:
Sheeda Pistol said:
Then i can clean it out, put some cat litter in there as the interior is condensated pretty bad.
Interesting, does that prevent it from completely steaming up? Mine does the same thing due to the garage being very damp.10AE said:
piefacemate said:
Sheeda Pistol said:
Then i can clean it out, put some cat litter in there as the interior is condensated pretty bad.
Interesting, does that prevent it from completely steaming up? Mine does the same thing due to the garage being very damp.Update -
Yesterday was a very productive day. I bought a new battery and 'made' it fit.
Then i cleared out all the junk, took the door cards off, replaced the broken clips, greased the window mechanism, greased all the joint on the hood, took the speedo out, changed the bulbs that were blown (same as sidelight bulb) then i took out the old Kenwood CD player and installed a new Alpine non gaudy unit.
After this i replaced all four tyres, changed the oil and filter, flushed out cooling system, cleaned expansion bottle and washer bottle out, changed spark plugs and gave it a clean.
All that is left is some polish and buy some tax and i'm ready to roll onto a summers worth of top down dossing, lovely evening and night time solo drives and lots of B road bashing.
Tappets are noisy though
Yesterday was a very productive day. I bought a new battery and 'made' it fit.
Then i cleared out all the junk, took the door cards off, replaced the broken clips, greased the window mechanism, greased all the joint on the hood, took the speedo out, changed the bulbs that were blown (same as sidelight bulb) then i took out the old Kenwood CD player and installed a new Alpine non gaudy unit.
After this i replaced all four tyres, changed the oil and filter, flushed out cooling system, cleaned expansion bottle and washer bottle out, changed spark plugs and gave it a clean.
All that is left is some polish and buy some tax and i'm ready to roll onto a summers worth of top down dossing, lovely evening and night time solo drives and lots of B road bashing.
Tappets are noisy though
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