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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / March 2008battery in freelander
i have a 2002 freelancer use 40 miles per week just went to start and nothing no lights on dash no radio or anything battery is 6 months old and is dead with a jump produces lights dash instruments radio but not enough to turn over engine just metal click noise tried for 10 minutes any advice did not leave the lights on drew > i have a 2002 freelancer > use 40 miles per week > > just went to start and nothing no lights on dash no radio or anything > battery is 6 months old and is dead Batteries can just go open-circuit for no readily apparent reason, it's happened to me twice, nothing to do with the car, just sod's law! Lug the battery down to a garage and ask them to test it, or if you have a spare, stick that in and see if the car's OK. If the battery tests as stuffed or the car's fine with a different battery then get a new battery, if the battery tests as fine or the car is no different with a different battery then the problem's elsewhere.  SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ thanks for reply batt replacement is first option tommorow morning it is a pain in the arse as i am in NYC not a lot of garages around i thought there may be a red flag thing if its 2 batts in 6 months again thanks and who the f.ck is this guy sod? drew > thanks for reply > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > drew 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' ;) SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 > > thanks for reply > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > ;) Nige can be a bit of an old Sod at times, sometimes he is a real Sod, of course he could have told you to "sod off" Generally sod can be interchanged with bugger. SignatureA Brit in Wyoming...with too many non running Land Rovers... '65 Series II 88 '67 Series IIA Station Wagon 109 ..and others... >>> thanks for reply >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > course he could have told you to "sod off" Generally sod can be > interchanged with bugger. Oh im sorry did i break your concentration? SignatureMark 1996 90 300tdi 1987 RR V8 EFI 2007 Golf GT http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ - Firefox Rules! http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ - FTP Plugin for Firefox http://ietab.mozdev.org/ - IE tab. Get Windows updates in Firefox >>> thanks for reply >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > of course he could have told you to "sod off" Generally sod can be > interchanged with bugger. I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 > I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... Goddam? You been watching a bit too much Starsky and Hutch? SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ >> I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... > > Goddam? You been watching a bit too much Starsky and Hutch? Or Pulp Fiction YTC!! Nige Nige Nige SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 > >> I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Nige You flock of seagulls, you know why we are here? SignatureA Brit in Wyoming...with too many non running Land Rovers... '65 Series II 88 '67 Series IIA Station Wagon 109 ..and others... >>>> I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You flock of seagulls, you know why we are here? I don't remember asking you a goddam thing.... SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 > >>>> I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... > >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > I don't remember asking you a goddam thing.... No, no, I just want you to know... I just want you to know how sorry we are that things got so f.cked up with us. We got into this thing with the best intentions SignatureA Brit in Wyoming...with too many non running Land Rovers... '65 Series II 88 '67 Series IIA Station Wagon 109 ..and others... >>>>>> I don't remember asking you a goddam thing....... >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > we are that things got so f.cked up with us. We got into this thing > with the best intentions Just keep up, I drive real f.cking fast... SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 >> we are that things got so f.cked up with us. We got into this thing >> with the best intentions > > Just keep up, I drive real f.cking fast... and for those of us who haven't seen Pulp Fiction in a while may I offer http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/pulp.shtml before this string gets out of control.. Was than an uncomfortable silence? Derek > No, no, I just want you to know... I just want you to know how sorry > > we are that things got so f.cked up with us All right, son: roll them guns up, count the money, and put your seat belt on. 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' well let's look at that sentence are you calling me an english motherf..ker? are you not english? and are you angry because you are not if so , please put you english motherf..ker. do you speak it ? is IT a language ?is it the language you speak wherever you are from NIGE . now i do work on computers and i am IT capable but i don't think that is what you are referring to. are you f.cking serious ? what was wrong with my post ? i did not see any problems with my english maybe you have a hard time reading english . ARE YOU BLURRY EYED FROM THE VIAGRA PILLS.. hey NIGE what are you hiding under that anger Nige, talking utter shite since 1967. that is apparent your cap anger is a sign of impotence (41 and weak i the penile area bummer dude) remember viagra makes you bli i am sorry that your angry and that you don't have your car yet but mummy will make it all right in the mean time if you have nothing good to say f.ck OFF YOU LITTLE BOY and leave the post to those who can help DREW <drivel snipped> Drew, you're a typical septic - no sense of humour. Either get one, or f.ck off back from whence you came. > Drew, you're a typical septic - no sense of humour. Either get one, or > f.ck off back from whence you came. i am not a septic you f.cking tool i am from England i have a sense of humor that is why i sit here laughing at the judgments born an bred east end London you w.nkers over here working you dickhead so fix it or f.ck off emb= English mummy's boy > i am not a septic you f.cking tool > i am from England > i have a sense of humor Welcome to the town of killfile, population, err, quite a few actually. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ >> Drew, you're a typical septic - no sense of humour. Either get one, >> or f.ck off back from whence you came. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mummy's > boy Guffaw! SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 Drew typed: >> Drew, you're a typical septic - no sense of humour. Either get one, >> or f.ck off back from whence you came. > > i am not a septic you f.cking tool > i am from England > i have a sense of *humor* Oh, f.cking classic. SignatureRich B Take out the obvious to email me. A life? Cool - where can I download one of those? > 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' > > well let's look at that sentence Yes why not, it's a quote from Pulp Fiction, hence the quote marks and the smiley. > i am sorry that your angry and that you don't have your car yet but mummy > will make it all right 'You've got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage. Take me to it.' SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ >> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 'You've got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage. Take me to > it.' You sendin' The Wolf? sh.t Negro, that's all you had to say. Guess whats downloading right this second... SignatureMark 1996 90 300tdi 1987 RR V8 EFI 2007 Golf GT http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ - Firefox Rules! http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ - FTP Plugin for Firefox http://ietab.mozdev.org/ - IE tab. Get Windows updates in Firefox > > 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' > > > > well let's look at that sentence > > Yes why not, it's a quote from Pulp Fiction, hence the quote marks and > the smiley. Yes, but there's a comma missing; gives it a different meaning. Martin > > i am sorry that your angry and that you don't have your car yet but mummy > > will make it all right > > 'You've got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage. Take me to > it.' >>> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' >> well let's look at that sentence [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Yes, but there's a comma missing; gives it a different meaning. "Eats shoots and leaves." or is it "Eats, shoots and leaves."? SignatureCheers Dave. > >>> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' > >> well let's look at that sentence [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > "Eats shoots and leaves." or is it "Eats, shoots and leaves."? I take it the first one is filling his gut with bits of plant life, and the other must dine, shoot some bugger and then piss off smartish. :-) Martin >>>>> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' >>>> well let's look at that sentence [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Martin Exactamundo! SignatureNige, talking utter shite since 1967. Focus ST3 Discovery 3 XS (coming soon!) Daytona SE NIGE#1 >>>>>> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' >>>>> well let's look at that sentence [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Exactamundo! As in: A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves." SignatureCheers Dave. Dave Liquorice typed: >>>>>>> 'ENGLISH motherf..ker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?' >>>>>> well let's look at that sentence [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, > shoots and leaves." When I heard it, it was a panda visiting a prostitute. Similar, but different. :-) SignatureRich B Take out the obvious to email me. A life? Cool - where can I download one of those? > i thought there may be a red flag thing if its 2 batts in 6 months Apparently not, according to the chaps who fixed my car. It's a red flag if the first time it happens is outside a bodybuilding gym and the second place it happens is at a gay pick-up spot, as was the case with me, but it's not what it appears, honest!! > again thanks and who the f.ck is this guy sod? He's a mate of a chap called Murphy, you don't want to get closely acquainted. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ > Apparently not, according to the chaps who fixed my car. It's a red > flag if the first time it happens is outside a bodybuilding gym and > the second place it happens is at a gay pick-up spot, as was the case > with me, but it's not what it appears, honest!! LMAO! So you got off the Outraging Public Decency charge then? ;P > So you got off the Outraging Public Decency charge then? Well, the gym was just there, the gay pick-up spot was a national trust car park by day (when I broke down) but a hedonist's paradise by night (which it was by the time the AA turned up). I sold that car, as I was worried about what it was trying to do to me. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ >> i have a 2002 freelancer >> use 40 miles per week [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Batteries can just go open-circuit for no readily apparent reason, > it's happened to me twice, nothing to do with the car, just sod's law! Not likely to be an O/C since a jump doesn't work. and Sod was Murphy's Great Grandad! > Lug the battery down to a garage and ask them to test it, or if you > have a spare, stick that in and see if the car's OK. If the battery > tests as stuffed or the car's fine with a different battery then get a > new battery, if the battery tests as fine or the car is no different > with a different battery then the problem's elsewhere. SignatureIf Your specification is vague or imprecise, you'll likely get what you asked for not what you wanted! Do not say it cannot be done, rather what you need to do it! > Not likely to be an O/C since a jump doesn't work. Possibly, although don't want to be too hasty as there's plenty of reasons why a jump start won't work > and Sod was Murphy's Great Grandad! Well I hope they don't breed any more like them! SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/ >> Not likely to be an O/C since a jump doesn't work. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Well I hope they don't breed any more like them! An internal short or a completely flat battery often means that a jump will not work as it pulls down the available voltage. As I have done more than a few jump starts over the years may I suggest you follow this method. Connect the jump leads +ve to +ve, and neg on the charged battery to the engine block.Run the car with the charged battery for several minutes above a fast tick over speed -typically around 2500 rpm is fine ( obviously if you are using a slave battery this does not apply ) before you attempt to start. disconnect the negative first when the car is running to avoid the possibility of a spark near the battery. we had a fleet with the mk2 Ford Transits after a bank holiday it was invariably time to get out the jump leads as batteries would be flat. Derek |
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