Hi,
My car (A 2000 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 SRI) has a problem. I was driving it home a few weeks ago and it basically started chugging and pulling back so i was getting hardly any power and then it would stall. so it stalled on a nice pitch black country lane at 2am, but the crucial thing is I tried to start her again and bang started first time like it always does and i got the rest of the way home (5-10 miles) without a problem.
I haven't been able to fix the car yet but getting round to it now. It sits on the drive all week whilst i'm away and gets a small run on the weekend just round the block becuase i really don't want to kill it. I left it for 2 weeks as i was away and came back to start it and the battery was completely dead. so I jumped it a couple days ago and left her running, it stalled as usual on the spot and then started straight away no problems. left her running again this time no problems. went out to start it this morning and battery it completely dead, nothing left...does cold weather affect the battery and should i expect it to be going dead in thsi short amount of time?
Now, I've had another Vectra before this one and i had a similar problem, albeit without the stalling and it turned out to be the crankshaft sensor and was easily replaced. Does this sound like it could be the same thing? becuase it does to me. I'm sure it's an electrical fault the car just sounds right and seems mechanically sound.
I mean, a short circuit or slightly faulty alternator so the battery isn't chargine 100% couldn't cause this could it?
anyway thanks for your time and any help would be excellent, i'm no mechanic i know naff all and i'm stuck here!
My car (A 2000 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 SRI) has a problem. I was driving it home a few weeks ago and it basically started chugging and pulling back so i was getting hardly any power and then it would stall. so it stalled on a nice pitch black country lane at 2am, but the crucial thing is I tried to start her again and bang started first time like it always does and i got the rest of the way home (5-10 miles) without a problem.
I haven't been able to fix the car yet but getting round to it now. It sits on the drive all week whilst i'm away and gets a small run on the weekend just round the block becuase i really don't want to kill it. I left it for 2 weeks as i was away and came back to start it and the battery was completely dead. so I jumped it a couple days ago and left her running, it stalled as usual on the spot and then started straight away no problems. left her running again this time no problems. went out to start it this morning and battery it completely dead, nothing left...does cold weather affect the battery and should i expect it to be going dead in thsi short amount of time?
Now, I've had another Vectra before this one and i had a similar problem, albeit without the stalling and it turned out to be the crankshaft sensor and was easily replaced. Does this sound like it could be the same thing? becuase it does to me. I'm sure it's an electrical fault the car just sounds right and seems mechanically sound.
I mean, a short circuit or slightly faulty alternator so the battery isn't chargine 100% couldn't cause this could it?
anyway thanks for your time and any help would be excellent, i'm no mechanic i know naff all and i'm stuck here!
