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From: Krusty on 25 Jun 2010 03:57 antonye wrote: > Champ wrote: > > > > The breakdown people towed it to their yard, and then The Chap Who > > Knows told his oppos to disconnect the battery, short the (now > > loose) +ve and -ve terminals together, and then wait 5 mins. �This > > apparently 'clears down' whatever's in the system memory. �Anyway, > > it bloody worked. > > Nice trick - wish I'd have known that when mine did exactly > the same at Cadwell a couple of years ago! Think it works on most modernish cars. I've done the same on the Jeep a few times when the battery's gone completely flat as it won't tickover after. The funny thing was Googling for other people with the same problem the first time it happened, & seeing all sorts of posts about people replacing expensive parts to try & solve it. Thankfully I ignored them & carried on Googling until I found the 'earth the +ve battery lead for 30 seconds' trick. -- Krusty
From: lozzo on 25 Jun 2010 06:31 On 25 June, 08:57, "Krusty" <dontwant...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > The funny thing was Googling for other people with the same problem the > first time it happened, & seeing all sorts of posts about people > replacing expensive parts to try & solve it. Thankfully I ignored them > & carried on Googling until I found the 'earth the +ve battery lead for > 30 seconds' trick. I'm wondering if that'll clear the rear light failure light I've got. All bulbs are good and work fine but one and sometimes both warning lights come up. Can't hurt to give it a go. -- Lozzo eyeing up the cute Chinese doctor ;-)
From: Champ on 25 Jun 2010 06:41 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:38:21 -0700 (PDT), antonye <antonye(a)ukrm.net> wrote: >Champ wrote: >> >> Yep, that's what it was! �I've heard 3rd hand stories of other peoples >> car having such problems in our office car park. �Mind you, I've been >> parking my car in it for 2 years. >> >> The breakdown people towed it to their yard, and then The Chap Who >> Knows told his oppos to disconnect the battery, short the (now loose) >> +ve and -ve terminals together, and then wait 5 mins. �This apparently >> 'clears down' whatever's in the system memory. �Anyway, it bloody >> worked. >Eventually got towed home through a friend's AA policy and >once they'd left, I got the spare key and it started first >time. Mine did it again this morning. Fortunately, I was just across town, so I got a lift home, got the spare key, and it started straight away. So it's almost certainly the key. >It just makes you paranoid for a while after, so we spent >many weeks taking both keys with us until we were happy >it was ok! I'll be doing exactly the same! -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Hog on 25 Jun 2010 06:43 lozzo <speedyspic(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On 25 June, 08:57, "Krusty" <dontwant...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > >> The funny thing was Googling for other people with the same problem >> the first time it happened, & seeing all sorts of posts about people >> replacing expensive parts to try & solve it. Thankfully I ignored >> them & carried on Googling until I found the 'earth the +ve battery >> lead for 30 seconds' trick. > > I'm wondering if that'll clear the rear light failure light I've got. > All bulbs are good and work fine but one and sometimes both warning > lights come up. Can't hurt to give it a go. I got this with the Saab. Lights working but failure warning. Cleaned the holder and bulb, no difference. Then looked at the filament with an eye glass and it was clear the wire was a little frazzled. Changed the bulb and it was fine. Same happened on the other side. Resistance I guess. -- Hog
From: wessie on 25 Jun 2010 06:47
"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote in news:To-dnf_R8JnwwbnRnZ2dnUVZ7sGdnZ2d(a)brightview.com: > "Surface discharge spark plugs are used in many fishing boat > applications, where alternate high-speed running and very low-speed > trolling..." and all the boats are called "The Hog <unique identifier>" |