Battery Dead?
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Battery Dead?
Spent my first week at Uni, only to come back, try and start up my Z3, only to find out it didn't.....
It made a juddery sound (sorry for bad description) and wouldn't start the engine. It did 'try' to turn on, but just wouldn't.
Can i charge the battery whilst it's still in the car? Because when i try to take it out, the alarm goes off because it thinks it's discharging/low voltage and i cant seem to stop the alarm.
It made a juddery sound (sorry for bad description) and wouldn't start the engine. It did 'try' to turn on, but just wouldn't.
Can i charge the battery whilst it's still in the car? Because when i try to take it out, the alarm goes off because it thinks it's discharging/low voltage and i cant seem to stop the alarm.
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1997 BMW Z3 1.9l
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Right listen ... You can charge the battery on the car using the cigarette lighter but the charger must be the trickle charge type you can get on e-bay. to take the battery off lift the bonnet and you should have a round key (depending on the Year ) and find the siren, usually to the right at the rear of the engine bay,and turn the siren off. Easy
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I have to agree with Frank.A i too use the + and - posts under the bonnet to charge the battery, which I do with a trickle charger. I use the type that can be left on all the time, which would be handy for you, as you could leave it on when you go to Uni. I have the type that charges up initially, then monitors the battery charge, and tops up as required.
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Albert.
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Albert.
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BMW Manual says----- Always charge the battery in the car using the jump-start point and groung in THE ENGINE compartment and not the boot