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neilr

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broken down
08. Feb 2011 at 08:15

hi all car would not start yesterday all symtons of flat battery. Tried to jump start nothing. Battery completely dead. Towed home. As i was tryint to start car throttle switch clicked should it?. is there a starter relay somewhere? if so what colour? Battery on charge now. any ideas please. Will it crank if immobilser is shot. sorry for so many questions at once.

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: broken down Reply #1 - 08. Feb 2011 at 08:24 Start with the pedal trick and post any fault codes up http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687
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neilr Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 439 Barnet, Herts Gender: Drives: Nocturno Blue 2.6CD & Red 2.6CD both 51 plate	Re: broken down Reply #2 - 08. Feb 2011 at 08:29 its 2.6 so need to be read
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: broken down Reply #3 - 08. Feb 2011 at 08:31 neilr wrote on 08. Feb 2011 at 08:29: its 2.6 so need to be read nope, thats 2.2.. pedal trick works on 2.6
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neilr Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 439 Barnet, Herts Gender: Drives: Nocturno Blue 2.6CD & Red 2.6CD both 51 plate	Re: broken down Reply #4 - 08. Feb 2011 at 08:52 just been out to read codes none present or showing
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: broken down Reply #5 - 08. Feb 2011 at 15:33 Have you tried again with a charged battery? Anyway... It should still crank with an immobiliser fault but there will be a light flashing on the dash Edited: Is this the same car that was turning over slowly a little while ago?
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neilr Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 439 Barnet, Herts Gender: Drives: Nocturno Blue 2.6CD & Red 2.6CD both 51 plate	Re: broken down Reply #6 - 09. Feb 2011 at 15:19 yes it is same car with slow starter but now Im not sure whether lies with battery starter or charge rate. Roll on the weekend and hope swmbo doesnt breakdown again in the meantime.
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: broken down Reply #7 - 09. Feb 2011 at 16:12 Do the full charging system test as listed in the guides section. Also, do your battery leads get very hot?
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mrgreen

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Re: broken down
Reply #8 - 10. Feb 2011 at 00:47

sounds like a starter motor problem but obviously start at the battery and work your way back checking for dirty/rusty connections e.t.c i thought for ages i had a bad lead or battery in my transit van and it turned out the starter was fubarred but a slow turning starter if it doesn't sound right is most likely the cause imo
as has been said immobiliser won't stop it cranking just stop it stating that's a whole different box of tricks!

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neilr Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 439 Barnet, Herts Gender: Drives: Nocturno Blue 2.6CD & Red 2.6CD both 51 plate	Re: broken down Reply #9 - 10. Feb 2011 at 15:39 Not sure if leads are getting warm another thing to check thanks. not sure if it is starter as it turns over quicker now with charged battery. wouldnt do a thing with starter pack though but i suspect that was because starter has stuck. Long time since i encountered that last time was with my ford 123e anglia !!
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: broken down Reply #10 - 10. Feb 2011 at 15:49 Could be the crimps at the battery terminals... Check how hot they are and the state of the wires (carefully as mine were hot enough to blister my finger )
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neilr Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 439 Barnet, Herts Gender: Drives: Nocturno Blue 2.6CD & Red 2.6CD both 51 plate	Re: broken down Reply #11 - 10. Feb 2011 at 16:12 o .k thanks for that will bear it in mind. L D
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