JNAnderson
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Battery for sure
Is mine likely to be the battery too? It works for 5 seconds, then engine kicks in again..?
Battery for sure
Do bear in mind stop start batteries horrendously expensive. And that's just the petrol. Diesel maybe even more so. I admit I'm guilty of throwing money at cars fixing them. Eventually I gave up. We're all different.
http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/varta-d52.html
£87 from carparts4less with voucher code BEMINE(time limited) which is cheap
They do others too more expensive
Do measure the size of the tray before ordering as some are listed for ours that are too wide at 242mm ours more like 115mm height not an issue nor normally front to back
Thank you. I wouldn't have a clue how to change mine. Would a garage order in and change?
I see wil Fit do free battery testing. Might be worth me taking it there, however I'm worried they mug me off
No, normally you just clip a large "clips" on each terminal and the meter reads the 'state' of the battery, like start (no load) voltage, load voltage and available current , recovery voltage after load is removed, then a overall assessment is given, though it's a pretty crude way of checking and a modern ss system is far more intolerant of swings in battery state.Thank you. Is there anything that can be knocked off when having battery checked? Like can they stop something else working if not removed/put back in properly?
Just to clarify, this doesn't mean my alternator is the problem does it?