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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #45 on: 11 May 2020, 22:57:32 »
Try again with the clutch pedal pressed...
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #46 on: 12 May 2020, 08:57:46 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 11 May 2020, 22:57:32
Try again with the clutch pedal pressed...
Good thinking - tried that. Did not crank. However, did notice that display now says F gal/h and the fuel gauge is stuck on empty. Also, had noticed on some earlier attempts to crank after failure to crank the green cruise symbol was lit. This car is the one on which the cruise did not work as purchased, and we cured eventually by insrting a 7.5 amp fuse into vacant slot FI 20.
This morning I noticed 10 seconds of clicking on cranking key I have not heard before, and the visual display behaves differently while attempting to crank.
I will check fuse FI 20, add fuel, and report back. I don't think it was low on fuel, though.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #47 on: 12 May 2020, 10:21:54 »
That sounds like a voltage issue :-\
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #48 on: 12 May 2020, 11:02:15 »
Battery's gone flat, by the sounds of it.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #49 on: 12 May 2020, 11:10:17 »
Quote from: STEMO on 12 May 2020, 11:02:15
Battery's gone flat, by the sounds of it.
Or the terminals are loose...
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #50 on: 12 May 2020, 11:18:37 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 12 May 2020, 11:10:17
Quote from: STEMO on 12 May 2020, 11:02:15
Battery's gone flat, by the sounds of it.
Or the terminals are loose...
Or it's completely knackered from sitting flat for weeks , ask the Chinese for a new one , only fair  ;D :D
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #51 on: 12 May 2020, 11:19:34 »
GLWT ;D
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #52 on: 12 May 2020, 12:12:24 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 12 May 2020, 10:21:54
That sounds like a voltage issue :-\

Agreed, sounds like battery flat or fubar :y
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #53 on: 12 May 2020, 12:27:41 »
Ok, that's four posts for flat battery.  ;D
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #54 on: 12 May 2020, 12:28:01 »
Oh.....that's actually five now.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #55 on: 12 May 2020, 12:28:25 »
Ermmmm........six.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #56 on: 12 May 2020, 12:28:47 »
Sev.......I'll stop now.  ;D
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #57 on: 12 May 2020, 12:58:34 »
Iremoved the battery in March for recharging while car was off the road. I had planned to leave the car awaiting spare Vx cable as advised by DG, but got bored and decided to recommission it. Car had no battery for about five weeks.
 On my bench are several Vx batteries, all from scrapped Vauxhalls, all charged regularly. After refilling with coolant I fitted a fully charged battery and attempted to start the engine. Starter did not crank. I changed the battery. Starter again failed to crank. I jumped another good battery battery in car. Still no joy. hence this thread.

Battery compartment has many leads, as in pic, but all seem OK. Car is canbuss.
I do not believe all my batteries are dead. I have other cars, I move batteries around occasionally. As this thread describes, strange things are happening. If it were a PC, I would stop and restart it and all would be well. Maybe I should remove the battery overnight and try again.
Car is currently on a SORN note. It might bump start in the drive, would that help?
Please advise.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #58 on: 12 May 2020, 13:50:14 »
I would suggest putting a suspectedly charged battery on the car, then jump start it from a working car.

Rolling it down the drive A, won't be enough, and B, you'll have to push it back up the drive.
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Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« Reply #59 on: 12 May 2020, 13:51:43 »
If you can push it back if it doesn't start, then try bump starting it.  :y
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