Back home with my baby but she aint too happy
06-10-2004, 09:09 AM
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Back home with my baby but she aint too happy
I just arrived from a two month trip to Europe and it's great to be back home.
Opened the garage and there's my baby looking as good as ever. Of course the battery's dead and I have to jump start it. But turning the key to crank it only brings a modest vaccum cleaner like sound (fuel pump?). My headlights do go dim as though there is a large current drain happening. But there is no clickety-click sound that I recall when the engine was once flooded (CWS).
Does anybody have any advice? I dont want to try the flooded engine start procedure in case it's not the case and I do further damage.
Thanks in advance.
Opened the garage and there's my baby looking as good as ever. Of course the battery's dead and I have to jump start it. But turning the key to crank it only brings a modest vaccum cleaner like sound (fuel pump?). My headlights do go dim as though there is a large current drain happening. But there is no clickety-click sound that I recall when the engine was once flooded (CWS).
Does anybody have any advice? I dont want to try the flooded engine start procedure in case it's not the case and I do further damage.
Thanks in advance.
06-10-2004, 09:30 AM
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Have you tried giving the battery a charge after taking it out of the car?
I have had a battery be so dead, that it acts like an open circuit. I had to take it to the shop and they gave it a jolt. Hooked it up to a battery charger they had that really juiced the battery, then it would take a charge. Once I got it partially charged, the car started just fine.
If you can get the battery to take a charge, it may still work. I'd replace it before winter either way.
If you can get the battery to take a charge, it may still work. I'd replace it before winter either way.
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06-10-2004, 09:54 AM
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This probably wasn't the safest thing to do, but I had a battery that
was completely dead. My sister moved it and left it on a concrete floor. I thought it was toast. Told my Grandpa and he said to bring it over. He hooked it up to a battery charger he used to have in his shop, set the thing to charge at 12 volts and turned it on. Nothin,, it was like the battery wasn't even there.
Now for the don't try this at home part, he set the switch to charge at 24 volts, and turned it on for about 3 seconds. Turned it off, set the switch back to 12 volts, turned it on, and it started charging. Battery made it through the summer. I gave it to grandpa in the fall and he used it to start his boat for the next few summers.
Now for the don't try this at home part, he set the switch to charge at 24 volts, and turned it on for about 3 seconds. Turned it off, set the switch back to 12 volts, turned it on, and it started charging. Battery made it through the summer. I gave it to grandpa in the fall and he used it to start his boat for the next few summers.
06-10-2004, 09:59 AM
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I think you'll find that it will, but you can only fully discharge it a couple of times,
A full discharge definately weakens the battery, though; that's why people use specially-designed deep cycle batteries for recreational applications.