Technical 2007 Scudo van not starting

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Technical 2007 Scudo van not starting

Harpic99

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Hi, my 2007 2nd gen scudo van will not start or turn over. It was alright on Sunday night, Monday morning it just makes the relays click and powers down the dash. anti theft is intermittently displayed. Battery is full charged.
Any clues?
 
Hi :)

Battery showing what voltage ?

Just clicking the relays make me think it has lost a cell.. so lost 2 volts

It wont crank on 10v.. but a charger will tell you it has fully chsrged the 5 remaining cells..

Try a jump.start

That could bypass a failing earth cable ;)
 
I will check, good advice on the charger as it was showing full charge, it has seemed a bit of a struggle to start when it is very cold.
 
Battery is good, even put another on it. Pretty sure it's the electrical system. When the key is turned there is no cranking but lights come on wipers activate and relays click. Turn the key again and lights and wipers go off. Gonna give it a few more tries then will probably bin it.
 
Try jump lead from battery -ve to engine and another jump lead from engine to chassis.
 
Harpic - take a wire from the positive side of the battery. Run it around to the starter motor for tapping onto the Solenoid of the starter - do not attempt to replace the power feed to the starter motor, just the solenoid.
Turn on the ignition, go under the bonnet and touch the new wire on the solenoid feed. It will turn over for sure.
If it starts ( mine did as normal) feel smug as a bug.
No then, all you have to do is trace backwards where the break is.
Mine was the last connection before the ring crimp on the solenoid.
Cut and remade. No further issues.
 
If it really becomes a total nightmare finding the break, it's not much more of a step to fit a switch on the new wire and run into the cab (suitably fused please) so the way to start becomes - turn on ignition, push switch to start. Clearly, the switch will HAVE to be momentary action.
 
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