Hi I used the secret menu to find out things to find my potential cold start problem and I noticed a couple of values I wanted to ask about...

So I entered secret menu with car running and battery test was at 13.2v

When I turned the car off it was at 11.3v

Don't know if this is normal for our cars?

My previous car the battery was 12v off and 14.4v when it was on

Therefore I thought I should see similar figures....

Would be pretty bad if a 2 year old battery is starting to fail already....

While I'm on the subject our battery tray seems to be longer than the battery... Do the diesels have a longer battery than petrols? if so potential upgrade?

Just for clarity it's a 1.6 petrol zetec s 2012

dont know the answer on that one however i do know i have just had to replace my battery and mine is a 2012 focus dealer wanted £250 :O i argued with ford and they did at 10% of the cost

dont know the answer on that one however i do know i have just had to replace my battery and mine is a 2012 focus dealer wanted £250 :O i argued with ford and they did at 10% of the cost

10% of the cost or 10% off the cost?

£250 to replace a battery?! :o

You got mugged eurocarparts would have been

<£100

I paid £25 and it was because it has stop start, stop start cars require a gel type battery and they are expensive euro car parts was £200!!!!

Aye but if you were supporter on the forum you woulda got 25% off eurocarparts

cool i am going to be a supporter at some point, but paying £25 is cheaper than £150 :P

Aye but if you were supporter on the forum you woulda got 25% off eurocarparts

Only on non-sale items

And it's a well known fact amongst sticker wielding supporters that each sticker adds 100bhp and improves handling so much that even Maureen from Driving School can give Ken Block a run for his money!!*

(*These facts may or may not be accurate...probably not...)

Lol and not true if you read it you always get 25% off but only if it's a better deal than on sale at the time lol

I reckon if you take the car out for a 10+ mile run and use minimal electrics it will recharge back up to 14 something, otherwise plug it in to charge it's only 2 years old.

Hi I used the secret menu to find out things to find my potential cold start problem and I noticed a couple of values I wanted to ask about...

So I entered secret menu with car running and battery test was at 13.2v

When I turned the car off it was at 11.3v

Don't know if this is normal for our cars?

My previous car the battery was 12v off and 14.4v when it was on

Therefore I thought I should see similar figures....

Would be pretty bad if a 2 year old battery is starting to fail already....

While I'm on the subject our battery tray seems to be longer than the battery... Do the diesels have a longer battery than petrols? if so potential upgrade?

Just for clarity it's a 1.6 petrol zetec s 2012

11.3v is a bit low, if mine dropped as low as that it would be difficult to start, mine is usually about 12v with engine not running and 14v with

The stop-start is probably very hard on the battery, and it would probably not last as long as normal but as suggeseted, keepimg it charged up might help

Gel-type batteries have different characteristricts than other batteries

Secret menu ? ....curious....