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28th October 2018, 14:18 | #1 |
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Diesel lost all electrical power
I went to my 55 plate CDTI this morning and shoved the key in and turned.
Nothing, no lights, no IPK. Pish. My initial thoughts were the battery must have commited suicide at the first breathe of winter. I cam back ith a meter, spring the bonnet and the battery had around 12.5V. Ok, so maybe not the battery. And thinking back, the car had opened on the fob. I got in the car and tuned the key again. No problem, lights and action. Car starts normally. I went out briefly and locally to pick up a paper and everything seemed, fine, apart from the engine cutting out when I turned round. Again, the car started from this right away. Feeling not quite sure of the car, but hey, it is working, so do not invent problems. My wife and I then went to the local supermarket with no hint of a problem. I got some stuff and decided to put it in the boot. Nothing, the fon does not work at all. I opened the drivers door with the key and tried it in the ignition. Helf turn, nothing, full turn, nothing. The central locking is dead, the fob does nothing, the internal boot release is dead etc. No sign of power. Walk back home with a glowering other half, who I had assured of the car's fitness and type this missive. Any clues for me from assembled founts of knowledge? Best wishes, Frank |
28th October 2018, 14:21 | #2 |
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on idea really but have you checked the large fuses in the engine bay fuse box?
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28th October 2018, 14:21 | #3 |
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Duff ignition switch? or a loose battery terminal......check the latter first
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28th October 2018, 14:34 | #4 |
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Loss of electrical power
Many thanks for the replies guys. I would normally have done the battery terminal, fuses and loose wires before posting.
However, as the car is in a supermarket car park a mile away, once I had schlepped home with the shopping, I thought, before I go out again to do the basics, I would ask, just in case there was some esoteric Rover thing that I did not know about. Like one of those apparently endless rows of relays that most of you guys know backwards, but are a mystery to us lesser dyed in the wool owners. Back to basics then, and limp back to the car cursing. What is the betting it is the battery terminals? I know they seemed tight by hand, but I have fallen for that before! Best wishes, Frank |
28th October 2018, 14:58 | #5 |
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Take some wire wool or light sandpaper with you and give the battery terminals and connectors a scuff up/clean then retighten.
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28th October 2018, 16:06 | #6 |
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Fixed - basics 1, plonker 0
Once again, thanks to you wonderful people who posted to help me.
As you all expected, while there was no visible corrosion and the battery terminals were tight to finger pressure, they were the culprit. The terminals did move when I tapped them with an 8" adjustable. And the posts and terminals were quite black. A quick application of elbow grease and everything was fine, tap firmly home and tighten. This failure does signal that I need to remove digit from orifice with loud plop, and do the standard jobs before winter's icy grip descends. Best wishes, Frank |
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Nice to hear it was a simple fix.
I carry one of these in the glovebox, not for mine but for the benefit of others LINK A smear of Vaseline or LM grease on the posts will help prevent further problems Brian |
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I have found the clamps just don't get tight enough. I have cut a strip of copper or similar, may even be a coke can and wrapped it around the battery terminal post and then put the clamp over the top. Seems to be much tighter
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