Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 02 September 2007, 19:47:04
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The late departees from the Newent meet know my Omega had a flat battery :(
And Hotel21 came to my rescue with a jump start :y Even then it took about 10 secs of cranking before mine fired....H21 had to rev his MV6 before mine started.....so my bat pretty flat.
It then had a hour run home......so should of charged it back up ok....if batt was fine.
I had a look at the light on the batt when i got home.....its usually green.....but it was black.
Abuse the batt got at the meet......12v pump to blow airbed up.....again to deflate it this morning.
12v pump to try to blow up TB's stella cooler.....but gave up after about 10mins....it holds alot of stella....and the pump wasnt 'man' enuf ;) ;D
Couple of cold starts and switched off after a min or two on Sat......to show a couple of peeps what a exhaust manifold 'tick' sounds like.
About 20mins at idle with headlights/foglights on for the photo shoot.
Plus tailgate was open most of Saturday and this morning.....so boot light was on all the time
I had to make do with no music on the way home.....coz stereo had gone into safe mode :(
Whipped the battery off and stuck on my charger......even on fast charge it reckoned only 25% charged....and 2 hours later its still only got to 50%
Thats not alot of abuse to give a decent battery :-/
Its the original so 4 years old......but in my work it probably starts the omega at least 20 times a day when im working
New battery time? I reckon so :-/
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:( certainly a lot for a battery to take, plus the daily use it gets, go on, buy a new one! :y
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The late departees from the Newent meet know my Omega had a flat battery :(
And Hotel21 came to my rescue with a jump start :y Even then it took about 10 secs of cranking before mine fired....H21 had to rev his MV6 before mine started.....so my bat pretty flat.
It then had a hour run home......so should of charged it back up ok....if batt was fine.
I had a look at the light on the batt when i got home.....its usually green.....but it was black.
Abuse the batt got at the meet......12v pump to blow airbed up.....again to deflate it this morning.
12v pump to try to blow up TB's stella cooler.....but gave up after about 10mins....it holds alot of stella....and the pump wasnt 'man' enuf ;) ;D
Couple of cold starts and switched off after a min or two on Sat......to show a couple of peeps what a exhaust manifold 'tick' sounds like.
About 20mins at idle with headlights/foglights on for the photo shoot.
Plus tailgate was open most of Saturday and this morning.....so boot light was on all the time
I had to make do with no music on the way home.....coz stereo had gone into safe mode :(
Whipped the battery off and stuck on my charger......even on fast charge it reckoned only 25% charged....and 2 hours later its still only got to 50%
Thats not alot of abuse to give a decent battery :-/
Its the original so 4 years old......but in my work it probably starts the omega at least 20 times a day when im working
New battery time? I reckon so :-/
Seems that way mate, had the problem on my ex DTI.
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Surely it's a business expense/tax write-off?
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After a battery has let me down, I normally just replace it. Except my MV6 of course!
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Surely it's a business expense/tax write-off?
Oh yes.....work/parts on my omega is tax deductable :y
Tho im confused a tad.....which is easy for me ;D
According to 'the book' my batt for a 2.2 is supposed to a 55amp/hr.....its got a 66amp/hr on it which according to 'the book' is for v6 2.5/2.6.
Spoke to my Dad earlier about it......he reckons.....autos always have bigger batts than manuals :-/
Its not a probs.....i will replace it with a 66amp/hr batt if it is going duff.....only about £35+vat on TC :y
But was wondering what other 2.2's owners have fitted as standard by vx??
So get out there with your torch and let me know ;D:y
Cheers
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After a battery has let me down, I normally just replace it. Except my MV6 of course![/quote]
No calls from Mrs TB then......saying it wont fo*king start then this weekend ;D
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After a battery has let me down, I normally just replace it. Except my MV6 of course![/quote]
No calls from Mrs TB then......saying it wont fo*king start then this weekend ;D
No, but see my other post ;D
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After a battery has let me down, I normally just replace it. Except my MV6 of course![/quote]
No calls from Mrs TB then......saying it wont fo*king start then this weekend ;D
No, but see my other post ;D
Just seen it :y
Its gonna cost her i reckon ;D
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After a battery has let me down, I normally just replace it. Except my MV6 of course![/quote]
No calls from Mrs TB then......saying it wont fo*king start then this weekend ;D
No, but see my other post ;D
Just seen it :y
Its gonna cost her i reckon ;D
Yeah, it will. I've filled the Rover up with fuel, so she'll have to fill the MV6. Right up to the brim ;D