Chris F Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 My seven has been laid up for 8 months in my parent's drive as we've had the builders in but when I went to it today to try to get it going again it decided to not play ball. Its a 1600k I've got power, I can hear the fuel pump prime and lights etc all come on fine. Symptons are like the K-click - I have the starter relay mod and so tried switching relays after which the starter momentarily engaged but then went back to the relay clicking again that was it. I've taken the battery away and put it on the optimate in case there isn't enough juice in it but wondering if anyone has any bright ideas as to any obvious things to try? Disappointed from Epsom! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted June 15, 2014 Member Share Posted June 15, 2014 Inspect, clean and reconnect all relevant feeds and earths. What's the battery voltage at rest and when attempting to crank? Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Fuel gone off?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Don't know as I didn't have a voltmeter with me - I only went with a small box of tools and so was pretty limited to what I could do/check whilst I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Don't think its fuel as the starter didn't even engage - even if the fuel was off I would still hear it turn over under the starter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnockoff Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If you didn't charge the battery before you tried to start the car then after eight months, almost certainly the failure to start is down to that. There may well have been enough charge to power up the lights and instruments, but batteries normally need to be fully charged to start an engine as it usually requires quite a bit of power. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 agree first point of call is the battery. See what happens when you take a fully charged battery back with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 not connected but check there isn't water in the spark plug holes . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Quoting Chris F: I've taken the battery away and put it on the optimate in case there isn't enough juice in it Optimate isn't the best choice for charging a flat battery - it's a conditioner, not a charger. If you don't have a "proper" charger make sure it has at least 24 hours on the Optimate, preferably 48. Max charge from the Optimate is 0.9A, so fully charging a 28 AH Banner battery will take 31 hours. Having said that, yours clearly isn't completely flat, so hopefully won't need quite that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Its a powervamp battery rather than an banner and I've found it holds it charge pretty well but point taken on the amount of power it needs to start the car. It had been disconnected while laid up also - nevertheless I've charged it up and the optimate says its good to go. Not going to get to the car again now for a few days but we will see when I do. Dave, I always drape some plastic over the engine if leaving it outside for a while as I've fallen fowl for the water in the spark plug holes before so fingers crossed I'll be alright on that one. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted June 16, 2014 Member Share Posted June 16, 2014 Quoting Chris F: ... I always drape some plastic over the engine if leaving it outside for a while as I've fallen fowl for the water in the spark plug holes before...Duck tape? :-) Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Duck tape is the answer to many things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 not connected - take the plastic bag off the engine 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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