Why me??????

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:28 am

Today i think i had a little gremlin in my car.
After two day`s of driving in a cold snowy country without any
problems, the car, my lovely 480 did not want to start.
It went from starting without problems to not start at all.

I think it`s just the battery, because the batterygauge seems to be working correctly:
-when the car is running about 14-15 Volts.

-when it`s not about 8-9 Volts

I hate it

And it`s to cold now to work on the car.

And also sunday, no shops open

Why me?????????????????????????????

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:06 am

I suddenly lost all my charge too. tried starting the car and it just clicked. I had been using the self diagnostic feature previous which may have drained the battery. Make sure your battery levels are okay and then put it on charge, any place that sell battery's will have a tester to check the battery's condition.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:20 am

I had the same thing go wrong with mine.

1st 480 = Batt went dead
2nd 480 = Alt died

doug_480_turbo · Post by **doug_480_turbo** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:10 pm

mines not comoing off cold start at the moment so when the engine is really hot is doesnt start

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:04 pm

Arghh

There`s really a little devil in mine.
This morning it started fine, absolutly no problem at all

Checked every thing with a multimeter.
-battery is fine, no load almost 13V, when i start the car it also stay`s
above 12V
-Alternator is also working, 14.2V when charging.

But it`s not cold, the sun is shining.

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:21 pm

battery terminals

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:35 pm

does the starter motor run? or just a tick, or nothing ?

on all other cars than a 480 you can knock on the starter and than it runns, but its all build in. no nocking. maybe its time for a new starter? Beware : don't do this your selves, save you a lot of grey hair. It can take upto a day to swap em !

But no fear, hope its someting stupid like the cable connections,(terminals e.g.)

for the battery capacity (not your prob. I think) advice to all throw all mess out of your garages and put the car in 'warm"

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:50 pm

Battery doing fine! Can hardly believe it myself as the dealer agrees with me that my battery is still the same battery my car left the showroom with in 1996!

They even advised me to change it last year, but so far it's still going strong (probably untill I really need to drive somwhere...).

witchone · Post by **witchone** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:16 pm

Happy New Year to everyone, my 480 has been parked in front of my house for two weeks, without moving. Came home yesterday from my christmas holiday, car started like a dream first time, didnt even touch the accelarator. Was most proud of her, took her for a spin round town, it was like she had never been left. Love Toni

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:18 pm

I know about the starter-motor. I changed it last month.
It took me about 4 hours to swap it with a new one.
The old starter was completly broken, the rotor got stuck
and was burned beyond repair.

But to get back at my problem.
Took the alternator apart today, looked perfect.
Changed the small terminal on the alternator
Also found the neg-terminal on the battery cracked.

I hope the battery-terminal is the problem.
Tommorrow try to find a new one.

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:47 am

Fixed it yet? My terminals were loose the other day, so I tightened them up, haven't had a problem since.

kingrichy · Post by **kingrichy** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:56 pm

Battery terminals are fixed.
Seems to be running smoother also. No more hickup`s when accelerating.
COuld also be that little gremlin hiding from me

.

But we will see what happens next.