Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please play nicely.  No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!  (Read 1475 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Damoblade82

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Sheffield
  • Posts: 9
    • View Profile
Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« on: 11 May 2007, 17:38:41 »
Hello,

To add to my EGR valve problem, got home last night luckily just coming to a stop and everything went. It was like somebody had disconnected my battery. I heard a clicking sound from the passengers side of the engine. No brakes, No lights nothing. Released the bonnet catch and all the lights came back on but everything was reset, stereo date time etc.

Could anyone help, because this could be very dangerous. At the moment i'm not driving it. It's a 3.0L manual.

Cheers Damo
Logged

STMO123

  • Guest
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: 11 May 2007, 18:51:22 »
Sorry to state the obvious Damo, bit have you checked your battery connections and all the heavy duty stuff around them?
Logged

Damoblade82

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Sheffield
  • Posts: 9
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: 11 May 2007, 19:05:32 »
Hello

Yes, checked battery connections. They were on tight. Battery moved a little but not enough to be touching anything. It was suggested to me that it could be bad earth.

I just thought somebody may have experienced something similar.

Cheers Damo
Logged

Marks DTM Calib

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • West Bridgford
  • Posts: 33983
  • Git!
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: 11 May 2007, 19:10:35 »
Battery should NOT move at all.....its an MOT failure if it does and for good reason!
Logged

Damoblade82

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Sheffield
  • Posts: 9
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: 11 May 2007, 19:13:55 »
Hello,

It rocks slightly back and forth on the tray. Doesn't physically move about.
Logged

Marks DTM Calib

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • West Bridgford
  • Posts: 33983
  • Git!
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: 11 May 2007, 19:16:55 »
With the battery clamp correctly fitted, it should be solid as a rock......if its not and there is any movement it could

1) Move and short the +12V to 0V (body work etc0
2) continuously flex the cables and cause them to fail....
Logged

Damoblade82

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Sheffield
  • Posts: 9
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: 11 May 2007, 19:20:03 »
Hello,

Cheers for that, i will check that when i get home. Much appreciated.

Logged

hotel21

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • The Kingdom of Fife
  • Posts: 13021
    • View Profile
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: 11 May 2007, 19:33:10 »
A loose battery is also an instant prohibition if stopped by Trafpol or VOSA and requires a subsequent full MOT to remove.

And car trailered home - not towed or suspended towed - but trailered.

Or attendance of Fire Service if terminals short out and battery explodes/catches fire and rubber ducks the car...... :'(
Logged

STMO123

  • Guest
Re: Who turned out the lights!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: 11 May 2007, 19:38:52 »
Also have a look at the BIG fusebox in the engine compartment. Switch your side lights on and have a wiggle about with the wires/connectors.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.017 seconds with 17 queries.