Battery

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:42 pm

Hey Guys,

Had to leave my car undriven for awhile and now i have a flat battery. Is it possible to jump start it without causing any damage ? If i do jump start it will this solve the problem after driving it for a couple of hours or will it just go flat again overnight ??

If im up for a new battery what size/sort should i be getting ?

Luca · Post by **Luca** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:06 pm

Hey Barfy, I'm not a huge fan of jump starting FTOs as I've had a bad experience jump starting another car from mine.

I would recommend that you use an AC charger to recharge your battery. They only cost $20 or so and you never know when they'll come in handy.

as for if the battery will hold its charge ... that depends on if the battery is caput or not. If it is really old then it won't hold it's charge well. But if you have the car running it should be enough to get you to a battery retailer.

Failing that let me know ... I can always drive you to a battery retailer

Let us know how you go.

Luca

ph3var · Post by **ph3var** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:24 pm

Luca wrote:Failing that let me know ... I can always drive you to a battery retailer

Such a nice guy.

Luca · Post by **Luca** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:29 pm

Hey Ph3var,

Nice paint job ... how much did that cost you?

ph3var · Post by **ph3var** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:45 pm

$0

The joys of having a best mate whos a painter and another mate who owns a P&P shop.

Would normally cost about $5000

Luca · Post by **Luca** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:52 pm

Lucky bugger.

I'm looking at respraying my car too ... but I don't have mates in the industry.

Anyway ... looks really good mate.

Barfy: Sorry for hyjacking your thread

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:55 pm

The joys of having a best mate whos a painter and another mate who owns a P&P shop.

Think he could do us a group buy?

Can just see it now, 50 fto's turn up for a respray

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:05 pm

I would drive from sydney for that !! lets see group buy with around 10% off each,
10% off $0 is.... $0 !!!

ph3var · Post by **ph3var** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:09 pm

I will metion it to him if you pay for his flight to you and give him food beer and a bed im sure he will do it

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:21 pm

yep, I am happy to host him in my place, here in Melbourne.
lots of beer, wine, bbq, what ever he wants.
In fact, I will take him to Bar20 for a big night too.

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:25 pm

is bar20 from your avatar ?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:37 pm

hehhehe Bar20=Adult Entertainment Center hahaahah

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:00 pm

Hey guys,

Ive finally got a new battery but since its been sitting there without a battery i would say that the ECU has been reset. So when i drive it for the first time do i just drive and normal or be alittle easy on her ?

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:03 pm

just drive like u normally do so yr FTO can get use driving.

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:11 pm

just drive like u normally do so yr FTO can get use driving.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:13 pm

barfy wrote:Hey guys,

Ive finally got a new battery but since its been sitting there without a battery i would say that the ECU has been reset. So when i drive it for the first time do i just drive and normal or be alittle easy on her ?

I actually take it to the mivec range as much as possible every time I reset the ECU. So the ECU will learn to respond better when I need the "kick in/kick down" during corner, accelerate, & over take

If you take it easy, the ecu will hesitate when you really need that extra â€œboostâ€

FTOluv · Post by **FTOluv** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:45 pm

i thought yr not suppose to trash a new car for the first 5000kms!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:46 pm

Not all cars does these days, those which need to are usually the cheapy $13,999 drive away, most of the new cars would have already done the run in the factory, and hint why some of them donâ€™t due in for the first service until 15,000 km

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Tue May 10, 2005 5:12 pm

Well i took it for a drive last night and after she had warmed up i had her in the mivec range as much as possible. So it sounds like i did the right thing