I think I need a more beefy charger, the one I have only outputs just under 1 amp. its been on the D2 from 10am this morning, and at 3pm the car will crank but will not start. it turns over, then it almost catches, keeping on the starter it almost runs but the battery runs out of oomph.
Looks like I have a recurrence of the problem I had in July 2012 when the car was left for 4 weeks, where its going to need a lot of cranking to start. Thats fine with a fully charged battery, but its cold and the battery really needs to be fully charged.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5101
I have a petrol can for the lawn mower, so next time will add some directly to the car just before trying to start, as per that thread.
She is back on the charger again, I'll leave it charging until late this evening and then resume in the morning. I cannot leave the mains cable trailing out through the front door all night.
Jump leads might work, but I don't want to use the D3 as the donor car because (1) its just had a new battery and (2) the risk to the D3 electronics is just too great to chance it.
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Manny
2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
Last edited by mannyo; 28th December 2013 at 02:43 PM.
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