What have you done to your car today?
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He's saying your photo is rubbish. Fox is famous for taking naff pictures.
Fair does, it was taken at work with no thought about it...
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Had some Eibach Pro springs fitted and a winter prep valet.
Anybody know about batteries / car electronics?
Battery on my 2008 Caliber died last week during the first cold spell, managed to find the receipt for it and it was less than a year old. Took it back to the shop to get it replaced and the guy looked into the history: apparently the car has been having a new battery almost every year for the last 4 years. Checked with the previous owner who confirmed this to be the case. Battery guy said he thinks there must be an issue with the car, but couldn't tell me what that issue could be: the alternator is working fine, and the new battery powers the car with no issues. If I charge the old battery and use that, it lasts a few days and then the same issue occurs again. New battery is fine.
I could understand an issue like an electrical drain would result in frequent flat batteries, but killing 1 battery per year, with no issues in between those times seems very strange to me. Has anybody heard anything like this before? I'm probably just going to ignore it as paying for a new battery once per year isn't the end of the world, but would be interesting to know if people think there could be an issue with the car, or if the batteries being sold to me are simply poor quality. FWIW, the battery I just bought is a different brand so it'll be interesting to see how that one fares.
Battery on my 2008 Caliber died last week during the first cold spell, managed to find the receipt for it and it was less than a year old. Took it back to the shop to get it replaced and the guy looked into the history: apparently the car has been having a new battery almost every year for the last 4 years. Checked with the previous owner who confirmed this to be the case. Battery guy said he thinks there must be an issue with the car, but couldn't tell me what that issue could be: the alternator is working fine, and the new battery powers the car with no issues. If I charge the old battery and use that, it lasts a few days and then the same issue occurs again. New battery is fine.
I could understand an issue like an electrical drain would result in frequent flat batteries, but killing 1 battery per year, with no issues in between those times seems very strange to me. Has anybody heard anything like this before? I'm probably just going to ignore it as paying for a new battery once per year isn't the end of the world, but would be interesting to know if people think there could be an issue with the car, or if the batteries being sold to me are simply poor quality. FWIW, the battery I just bought is a different brand so it'll be interesting to see how that one fares.
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I bet the regulator/rectifier has failed and the battery is being overcharged.
The guy at the shop tested the alternator and said it was "OK" but didn't specify what voltage it was putting out. What voltage should it be? I can check with a multimeter when I'm home next week.
When running, it should be around 14.4v.
Listed it for sale. Price is a little inflated, I'd settle for £2650 as it sits.
Trying to appeal to someone who wants a ready to go boy racer hot hatch or base for a track car. If that fails I'll re-work the ad, put the rest of the interior back in, take more pictures, and try again...
Not in a huge rush.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302937291257
Trying to appeal to someone who wants a ready to go boy racer hot hatch or base for a track car. If that fails I'll re-work the ad, put the rest of the interior back in, take more pictures, and try again...
Not in a huge rush.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302937291257
Listed it for sale. Price is a little inflated, I'd settle for £2650 as it sits.
Trying to appeal to someone who wants a ready to go boy racer hot hatch or base for a track car. If that fails I'll re-work the ad, put the rest of the interior back in, take more pictures, and try again...
Not in a huge rush.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302937291257
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Listed it for sale. Price is a little inflated, I'd settle for £2650 as it sits.
Trying to appeal to someone who wants a ready to go boy racer hot hatch or base for a track car. If that fails I'll re-work the ad, put the rest of the interior back in, take more pictures, and try again...
Not in a huge rush.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302937291257
It's a good job you're not in a huge rush given it's about 50% over book!