after discconting battery all wierd

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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:57 pm

I took out spark plugs and turned car over to see if any water was in pistons.

Tried to turn car off and still turning over. Only way to stop it was to disconnect the battery.

Now everytime i connect battery starter motor turns but not starting engine and electric are all wierd, i.e hazard lights start, clocks move by themselves, etc...


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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:01 pm

oh start motor makes a noise without the key being in ignition
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:09 pm

I'd check all the batt connections again and go over the engine bay looking for a stray ground wire dude

somethings shorting out I'd say.
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:17 pm

all connections are ok as i only disconneted the earth from the battery and that is tight.

Soon as i connect the erth to battery again, starter makes whirling sound and immobaliser light aint flashing when it should.
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:04 pm

Take the big C101 engine loom plug and socket apart, (on the bulkhead, next to the fusebox), and see if that stops the starter motor sound.
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:06 pm

What's the rest of the story? You don't get up on a Saturday morning and check your car doen't have water in the cylinders for no reason!
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:20 pm

well reason for checking water in pistons is to check if head was ok.

Well managed to get the starter and most of the electrics working.........new battery but

the hazard lights come on after i have started the car and move about or when the car is turned off they come on again.
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:38 pm

:mad: my car has a ghost i think.

All working again and i never did anything to make it work right.

Aint touching my car again :lol:
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:01 pm

i think this could be an imobiliser fault ?

i take it its an aftermarket imobiliser ?
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:12 pm

yeah some crappy TOAD thing or other alarm has had the wires cut, but the immobilize works.

Only had the car a few weeks so still little things wrong with it

Some big ones as well lol
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Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:29 pm

just a daft suggestion, but have you reset the alarm with the round peg thingy that should come with the system if it is a A610i or whatever?
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