my cossy packed up this morning at 5.30am,ive managed to get it dumped on a mates drive but is blocking his cars in.

i was driving up the road,it stalled,just died,it would turn over but not start,i left it 5mins it started,before i could get it moved it stalled again,then the starter just started clicking,i put jump leads on it,it fired up no problem,moved 2miles and conked again,i repeated this process till i got it my mates,anybody have any idea whats up? i dont want to keep jumping it,it had a new battery and alternator 2months ago.

sorry to put in here mods but i need to get it sorted today to get it back to its storage.

also if its the starter do the breakers sell them? i could get to pete today,cos the useless fuckwit motorfactors round here dont keep anything in stock

all help appreciated

 

sounds like a dead alt/ or batt. mate

 

im hoping it batery,the bettery light didint come on though and no lights went dim? battery is new aswell

 

try another battery mate, then check the voltage coming from alt.
any kwik fit etc can do it for free if you cant do it yourself.

 

nice one pal,ive got another battery here,ill give that a go,hope it is a simple fix getting majorly wound with this car now,also forgot to say battery and alt were put on,it got used once then ditched in garge ever since,if the cold got to new battery that could naker it at a guess?

 

i bought a brand new batt from Halfrauds for £70 and it was dead from new.
i was scratching my head what was wrong when i fitted it,
hope you get it sorted mate

 

Get a mutilmeter on to check the voltage at the battery when car is running. 13.4v-14.2v is about normal.

Has it had a crank sensor recently or not?

 

aye Ian, good idea, check crank sensor

 

yeah the effing things had a crank sensor,battery alternator and ignition module and a coil in one hit 2months age and then we found a fookin broken wire,200 sheets and it was a bust wire,fooking cossys

 

hmmm, maybe start by tring the old bits back on one by one then? you could have a duff item thats give up already.

 

found it,broken wire on back of alternator,killed two batterys and had a rant at sdl down phone before i found it,so had to go cap in hand to get another battery off em

cheers for help lads,she going back to garage now not to see light of day for another 2months the heap

 

By which time the battery will be flat

 

yep,but fuck it,its riled me now

 

At least it was an easy fix.

 

thats true,its rare to get a easy fix with these cars.

 

when you put it in storage, take the battery off and stick it on a rubber car matt, it will realy slow down it dieing, should be ok like that for a few months, just make sure its on a rubber mate or it will drain if its on the floor/bench

 

i didnt know that,nice one,ill keep that in mind.

 

i'v got a mondeo you can drive if you have any more problems