williamweb Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 My car聽has been standing for three days so聽I decided to check the battery voltage.I was surprised it started at聽11.93v no problem 馃槸.Is this as low as the voltage will go before not starting? 聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 5 hours ago, williamweb said: My car聽has been standing for three days so聽I decided to check the battery voltage.I was surprised it started at聽11.93v no problem 馃槸.Is this as low as the voltage will go before not starting? 聽 That's VERY good going, getting a cold diesel started with such low voltage (although it's聽actually the AMPS that matter more than the voltage).聽 The 1.8 TDCi takes quite a lot of grunt to turn over, I'd also be keeping an eye on that battery as I'd have thought for the voltage to be that low it's either dying or you make a lot of short journeys so it isn't getting the chance to charge properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamweb Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 I do journeys of around thirty plus miles and very few short ones that鈥檚 why I have a diesel.I will monitor this now,the battery is about four years old.I have a heavy duty jumperstarter in the back馃憤. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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