Dead Battery What To Do

You sound like you speak from experience!

 

Why the wait one minute parts of this tutorial? What's the car doing while you wait?

 

There are easier and quicker ways to reset.

 

Happy 6000th post Sparky - nice to see you back.



Jedi

 

Thanks, I did not know that.

 

Thanks, glad to be back!

 

Jim,

No disrespect intended but a good tech can usually find a cheat(work around) from the procedure recommended by the manufacturer.

Many times my Service Technician has done so. Just the other day he had a BMW with a problem; the TSB said the fix would take about 4 hours(to reset the computer). He corrected the problem in less than 1 minute.

Remember, Ferrari 'Engineers', or those of any other manufacturer, don't actually service the cars when a problem arises, they merely come up with an 'In theory' recommendation.

A good tech will usually look for another way around a situation, rather than just accepting what the manufacturer says. No, it doesn't always work but many times it does!

I'm just sayin',

Sparky

 

I think you just increased the market value of carb'd and CIS Ferraris.

 

Bear in mind that a battery that has gone completely flat in the manner described, even if only for a relatively short time, is likely to be compromised in terms of its remaining "life expectancy".

 

+1.

 

Not a contradiction but just a question.

Does what you say come from personal experience or just from what you've been told. I'm not looking for a confrontation or an argument but I'm just being inquisitive. I've seen many work-arounds that manufacturers (and even dealers) won't disclose. Ultimately, it works to their advantage financially to take the long trip around the block.

Again, I'm not looking for an argument or protestation of what you say but, if what you say can be collaborated, I'll gladly refrain.

With all due respect and not wanting another inflammatory reply I remain, respectively yours,

Sparky

 

Your a better man than me to take his inflammatory and rude response (the BS quote was quite uncalled for IMO).
And yes you are quite right, in many cases there are work arounds even if this particular battery subject is not one.

 

Hello Jim,

Could you elaborate on this? I'm a complete noob when it comes to engine internals.

Thanks, Peter

 

I was going to say the same - they're never really "right" again after they've gone dead once. At least that's been my experience. Gel cel or otherwise, I'd replace the battery but only after finding out what caused it to go flat in the first place. Can never be too safe.

RMX

 

Engine running way too rich, be it carbed or injected, will actually wash the lubricating oil off the cylinder walls and the piston rings, causing lots of scoring and damage to these surfaces that make the power and compression in the engine. I have seen cars literally pump raw fuel into the headers and out the tailpipes when there is a big problem. Many computer injected cars will fault to a full rich condition if there is a problem, as the engine will still run. Full lean tends to burn pistons and valves faster than washing the rings out of a motor. Lesser of two evils.

why do we love cars again?????

 

I've had more trouble with the gel cells after they've gone flat.

A conventional lead-acid, I can bring back.

I did some research back in the '70s, and cobbled up a half wave pulse charger. With that, I kept a Die Hard going for almost 14 years, including reviving from the "dead" a half dozen times.

But my red top lost a lot of it's charge holding abilities after going flat once, and lost a cel completely after dropping the second time. (Which happened after it wouldn't hold a charge as long.)

I've replaced the Optima with an Interstate and have much better results.

 

Dead Battery? What not to do.

No sense in anyone else repeating my mistakes.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Funny how Japanese computers seem to boot right up without a lot of drama.

Of course, they don't have quite the same level of anti-theft.

And yet, they're more likely to be boosted, because it's easier to unload the parts.

I mean, anybody trys to sell a P4/5 wheel, and pretty much everybody is going to know where it came from.

 

So if a cilinder gets no spark, does the same thing occur with the same possible damage?