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 saveloy
Newbie  Location: london Registered: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 47 Status: Offline |
Post #1
Picked the car up today from my mechanic's garage. Where it had been overnight. I tried to start it, but she was dead. No dash lights, no central locking, not even the faintest murmur from the starter. After a jump start all was OK. After the short run home; about 20 mins, I checked the battery voltage. I had 13 volts exactly. So, it begs the question - was the battery actually flat, or is there another strange reason to this? |
 Posted 23rd Dec 2009 at 01:35
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
Post #2
check it in the morning, may well have a cell down and niot be able to hold charge for very long  ________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 23rd Dec 2009 at 02:30
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saveloy
Newbie Location: london Registered: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 47 Status: Offline |
Post #3
It is quite strange. It has been absolutely fine, but I don't know if the garage accidentally left a light on overnight.The high voltage figure after a short drive stumped me. Also, when I started the car, the rev counter and speedo needles swept round to maximum. Why would they do that? I have seen that happen on my mum's 306. |
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Posted 23rd Dec 2009 at 02:47
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shimmy
Senior User  Location: Shrewsbury Registered: 17 Oct 2009 Posts: 571 Status: Offline |
Post #4
iv had the dials do that on mine, that was when i had the jump leads on it though.________________________________________ Team V6 |
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Posted 23rd Dec 2009 at 03:24
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thugpuggin
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 26,784 Status: Offline |
Post #5
saveloy wrote: Also, when I started the car, the rev counter and speedo needles swept round to maximum. Why would they do that? I have seen that happen on my mum's 306. It does it when your battery is f*cked. Buy a new one problem solved. Think I got my last one down to only holding charge for about 1 hour after jump start and 20 min + drive. Not the time of year to be running an unreliable battery. Get Santa to buy you one. ________________________________________ Black X Reg PIII.VGTi 6 A4212 pt 1 A4212 pt 2 Searching the streets of Bristol for 1.36p/day.Joint Kent Leader |
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Posted 23rd Dec 2009 at 05:23
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