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 soulsurfer
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| posted on June 24th, 2004 at 10:13 PM |
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help w/starter problems?
have had my kombi for 5 days now and it seems to be taking longer to turn over if has been sitting for a couple of hours, but quicker if has recently
been driven, i live in northern nsw and has been a bit colder than usual but not that much i wouldnt think, i am not a mechanic at all...help and
thanks
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| posted on June 24th, 2004 at 10:22 PM |
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Check your battery...it might not be holding the correct charge/might be starting to die. The cold weather would not help. Move to sunny North
QLD!!!!
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| posted on June 24th, 2004 at 11:27 PM |
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Make sure the electrolyte level in ya battery is correct. It is real fun in these babies. Then if it continues to happen get the battery voltage and
cells checked.
99% sure the prob is the battery and not ya starter.
If all that fails; always park it on a hill facing down.
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| posted on June 25th, 2004 at 12:01 AM |
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Yeah i concur with dubnut.
I had a similar problem, about a year ago last winter. Went to melbourne for a week, came back and the starter would turn over so slowly i had to
push start it. The battery was at fault, because it was god knows how old. Batteries tend to lose their energy the colder it gets.
To check your battery, get a voltmeter, if the battery is putting out less than 13v then you should probably replace it wiht a new one. Not expensive
or difficult at all.
Jon
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| posted on June 25th, 2004 at 12:10 AM |
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I'm sure that both Wizards are absolutely correct. It's 99 % battery problem, not starter. That's my experience too. At 11 to 11.5 volts, an
auto. battery is flat, or worse. At 12 - 12.1 volts, it's barely adequate. Consider that a new battery has 12.5 volts or more.
Two things I've noticed that many Kombi owners rarely, if ever, replace: the battery, and the fuel filter. Hence - starter problems and fuel
blockages.
Hope your Kombi gets well soon.
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| posted on June 25th, 2004 at 04:16 AM |
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My Battery in My Beetle [6 months old EXIDE - the best] is usually just under 13 volts.. [being restored so engine doesn't go very often... fewminutes every week or so... but with the cold weather [-1C] it has dropped to 11.8 Volts...
Still starts engine OK... but the cold weather will tell the difference between a good Battery & a battery waiting to die... You people in
Queensland must get a long life from Your Batteries...
Lee
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| posted on June 25th, 2004 at 11:56 PM |
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Agreed, Lee - Exide are the best. It's taken me years to wake up. Where, may I ask, are you living, that the temperature gets down to -1 ?
Canberra? Kosiusko?
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| posted on June 26th, 2004 at 01:39 AM |
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Just 330kms NNW of Sydney.. in the Horse capital of Australia - SCONE - We've only had a couple of -1C so far this winter.. We also get the icy
winds from Barrington tops where it does snow.. but the winds help to keep the temperature from dropping too low... Mostly its been between 5 &
8C between night & morning....
I used to sell Batteries a few years ago & found EXIDE were the best.. Century were the worst.. 2 out of every 10 were faulty.. & We only sold
their top of the line batteries.. the ordinary ones had a higher faulty rate.. the replaced them without any problems, but who wants to install a car
battery twice...
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| posted on July 2nd, 2004 at 07:49 PM |
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Thanks, Lee. Now I know what batteries to avoid.
Scone had me confused for many years. Back in the, well many years ago, we used to travel from Blacktown to Windsor in a Rail Motor. I'm sure
there was a railway station named Scone on that line. The rail motor was a great ride, we did get used to the swaying. The line was not electric past
Blacktown in those days. Takes me back. Cheers.
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| posted on July 3rd, 2004 at 12:23 AM |
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There are still rail motors that travel up thru Scone on long weekends etc... taking Rail Buffs for a trip up north....
I have had a good look at them... a few times....
Must have been a long time ago....
Was -3C a couple of mornings ago -- 3C at the moment....
Lee
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| posted on July 3rd, 2004 at 08:06 AM |
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scone
one of my employe's parents just moved to scone, sounds nice out there. thanks for the battery advice
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soulsurfer
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| posted on July 3rd, 2004 at 08:06 AM |
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scone
one of my employe's parents just moved to scone, sounds nice out there. thanks for the battery advice
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| posted on July 3rd, 2004 at 08:45 AM |
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Hey Soulsurfer
Go down to battery world at Tweed and get a 13 plate. Kombi's chew up batteries. and they suffer from voltage drop at the ignition switch, old wiring
and it's a long way from the battery to the switch and back to the starter! I had to fit a starter relay to mine to solve this problem.
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| posted on July 3rd, 2004 at 04:34 PM |
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thanks rob
rob we need to catch up in the next few weeks
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| posted on July 10th, 2004 at 10:56 PM |
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There are still rail motors that travel up thru Scone on long weekends etc...
If I ever get back to NSW...I'm gonna ride a rail motor.
Was -3C a couple of mornings ago -- 3C at the moment....
Getting colder down here, too, but not that bad.
Cheers.
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| posted on July 11th, 2004 at 07:46 AM |
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Move to Qld batteries last for years and years ! Here in Gladstone was 10 this morning expecting a top of 20 odd.
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| posted on July 17th, 2004 at 12:39 AM |
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Vern - 20 degrees, huh? You lucky devil !
Some committee meetings I've been to recently, like the FES (Flat Earth Society), and the FSOC ( Flying Saucer Observers Club), we can't even get
a quorum !
Because half our members are spending winter up in Qld.
Do you guys take your summer holidays in Melbourne when it gets too hot up there?
:-) Paul (chuckle, chuckle) Aslanides. Cold, in Melbourne.
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| posted on July 17th, 2004 at 01:07 AM |
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There are many retired people who spend winter in Sunny Queensland....
and summer.... wherever they live normally....
or on the coast... with summer breezes...
Lee
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