RSTuart

As its winter my car is often bein left covered up for upto 2weeks at a time, outside, without bein driven, when i do go to drive it it doesn't start on its own power and quickly needs to be wired up to another car or battery to give it the minerals. Does anyone else have to do this?

Ginge !

yeah, hence why my cossie aint moved since the 1st of december

swerv

ours wont start after 2 days

pollocks

my old polo was like that and was only 5 year old at the time :O

HYBRiD_T

Thats because the average car is drawing 0.1 - 0.2 amps from the battery even when you are not using it. If two weeks = 14 days x 24 hours = 336 hours, then thats between 33.6 - 67.2 amps being taken away from your battery.

BM08

theres always 1 know all isnt there

james_birch

i left my escort for a month without starting it and then it started first time (after priming the turbo)

M Brian

left my frst for 2 weeks came to it started fine!!

apart from loads of blue smoking keeps pouring out of exhaust lol


but it doesnt start normally i.e. wont start and run everyday!! its backwards my car is!!

essexrsturbo

mine started fine after about that time?

essexrsturbo

in fact i think it woz longer

HYBRiD_T

Just depends on how much current draw you have when the cars parked up and what condition the battery is in.

BILLY

Mines exactly the same. I was going to post the same question. Was gonna take cossie for a spin cos the sun was out. Didn't start cos battery was flat . Dug out the charger and it started raining .


Fook that, it can stay in the garage. Don't want to get it wet

Ginge !

sooooooo what i done

how can i tell the curant being drawn from the car btw

TIFF

THE LIGHT IN THE BOOT WILL BE STAYING ON AND DRAINING THE BATTERY, IT TAKES ABOUT 2 WEEKS

How many times do i have to tell people

Ginge !

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


if its not the light in the boot im sooooooooooooooo gonna send ya a few more pm's

TIFF

Ginge !

and if it is the light in the boot im not gonna post as i mught look silly



now when i get a min im gonna go out and charge the battery this week


then check the oil too, been told ya have to do that on cossies , never had to check oil on my cabrio , i know when thats low as its used more petrol than normal

RSTuart

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sooooooo what i done

I third that!!

RSTuart

Don't think the light in my boot even works!? I went on hol for just over two weeks in the summer, when i got back my car started first time (just)!! It seems that my car doesn't like the cold, i think it gets affected by cold and damp, it used to be garaged until not to long ago and it was never as bad as it is now!?

caprixpack

i drive a K reg Nissan Sunny 1.4LX and it starts first time every time even after not driving it for 3 weeks. i hate it but i got to give it credit for reliability. hopefully gonna be driving a ford soon

essexrsturbo

yea the damp and cold weather dont help much mate!
saw your motor a couple of months back up PF meet.. looked clean still mate! like the new vents

1900cvh

I wish i could take mine out !!

AndyRST

Battery is old. ???????

I had exactly the same problem. Mine would be fine for weeks over the summer, but come the winter if it wasnt run every week the battery wouldnt hold enough power and would be dead when i did come to start it.

I bought a new heavy duty (bigger battery) Bosch silver for my RST and has been fine since.

Also does your started motor turn over slower in winter even if the car has just been out and run for a few miles? Mine did and the new battery cured this.

HYBRiD_T

You ideally need an amps clamp meter. Which you can place around your batterys positive wires or negative wires (whichever fits best) and the meter will tell you how much current is being taken from your battery.