WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Hi all after some wisdom... My 08 focus 1.8tdci failed to start this morning. battery voltage is 11.8v so enough to get it going. However it's like the starter won't fire and it just goes womp womp womp dead. Checked the cluster got DTC D900 and from what I read it's a comms issue. So I need to get an obd on it. However, a garage fudge up earlier in the year led to them putting a used engine in the car. Never been right since but it was liveable. Could they have bodged some wiring when putting ye new engine in? It was the correct KKDA engine that was put in. Any thoughts before I end up with a £500 1.2 corsa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 battery is dead, I bet it starts from a jump. Dash codes are irrelevant btw, they're only codes actually for the dash, usually minor blips in the canbus, needs plugging in to get engine fault codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Battery is only 3 months old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Regardless of it's age it's still dead lol... Is it a Silver Calcium battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, TomsFocus said: Regardless of it's age it's still dead lol... Is it a Silver Calcium battery? I know someone who fried a cheapo non silver calcium battery in less than 2 months, I did tell him beforehand to get the right battery but he decided to be tight and buy the cheapest possible battery. Acid batteries and Ford "SmartCharge" is NOT a good combination 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 It's a lion battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Off to euro car to pick up a silver calcium I guess lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Picked up a Bosch S4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, WAZ91 said: Picked up a Bosch S4 That's more like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 battery is in. Still get the red battery light up on dash intermittently. Now shows 2 dtc codes but will get am obd reader on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 What voltage do you have when the car is running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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