Terrano automatic gears slipping

[BigBlack]

Hiya mate, stupid question but have you tried leaving it for 10 secs after the heater coil has gone out - make sure everythings nicely heated up :nenau
When was the last time it started ok???

 

[packman]

Hiya mate, stupid question but have you tried leaving it for 10 secs after the heater coil has gone out - make sure everythings nicely heated up :nenau
When was the last time it started ok???

I have yeh, left it for a while after it had gone out. The coil is taking longer to go out than usual tho.

 

[packman]

and yesterday was the last time it started ok

 

[rayf3262]

Its that dead it doesn't have enough power to turn over slightly.

Nothing to do with glow plugs etc....

 

[lacroupade]

Well I default to (i) faulty ignition switch, or (ii) dodgy starter connections.

But I'd put my wages on No1.:thumb2

 

[Liam]

Well I default to (i) faulty ignition switch, or (ii) dodgy starter connections.

But I'd put my wages on No1.:thumb2

You don't get wages anymore

 

[lacroupade]

You don't get wages anymore

OK Liam, so lets say you may have detected a slight flaw in my otherwise watertight suggestion....she'll pay, trust me, she'll pay.....:naughty

 

[packman]

It turns out it was a loose wire in the ignition switch, thanks for the advice on checking the cabling. Its now fired up on jumping, I ran it for 30 minutes to charge the alternator up and then left it for half an hour and it fired up straight away.

I then drove for less than a mile to the petrol station, turned off, filled up and then tried to start it up and it was flat as hell.

Do I now have a dodgy battery, alternator or does it just need a good charge?

 

[zippy656]

take it to a battery centre.... let them check it out...

 

[BigBlack]

take it to a battery centre.... let them check it out...

Have you checked the water-level in the battery??? Or check for it bubbling when its running/cranking, or sulpher round it????
Check and clean your connections too.

I would deffo recon its the battery.... cold weather will instantly kill a battery that aint 100% and it aint been above freezing for at least a week round here!!

 

[lacroupade]

It turns out it was a loose wire in the ignition switch, thanks for the advice on checking the cabling. Its now fired up on jumping, I ran it for 30 minutes to charge the alternator up and then left it for half an hour and it fired up straight away.

I then drove for less than a mile to the petrol station, turned off, filled up and then tried to start it up and it was flat as hell.

Do I now have a dodgy battery, alternator or does it just need a good charge?

change - the - ignition - switch - backplate!!!!!!!!!!!!

No way will a battery happily start a lump like a bloody Terrano then fail to even squeak immediately after switch off/on.

Probably wrong, but there you go! :thumb2