As many of you know, my car is garaged & in the winter it's covered and is trickle charged. I take it out for a run whenever. The roads are dry, so this winter it's only been out about 4 times, the last one being 4 weeks ago.
I've just tried to start it to get it out of the garage and let the engine warm up & unfortunately it won't play ball. I think it's the starter motor....it clicks and labours and then there's a series of clicks but it doesn't turn over the engine. Does this sound right? The battery is fine & fully charged.
To put it in context, the car has probably only been started a maximum of 20 times in the last 12 months, with probably only 4 starts in the last 6. The car is nearly 16 years old and hasn't been driven a lot in the past 6 years. Sounds like a call to the RAC when all the virus issues are over to get the car recovered to my local garage ☹
The symptoms you report are more like not enough current.
Could be corrosion on the battery posts. It sounds like the starter is not getting a good enough supply.
Your battery could be fubared....just 'cos it seems fine- doesn't mean that it is.
To be sure, try jumping it from your daily, or borrow the battery and do a lash-up, just to see?
Thanks Carolyn...sounds like a plan. I'll give it a go & let you know how I get on :)
mine does that and I know my battery is buggered - will only hold charge for a week or so most likely that
Plan worked... :) :)
Hooked up the IQ & jumped the MR2. Started 1st turn. So a new battery 1st priority when the situation allows.
Now I can fit the refurbished wheels with AD08r tyres recently purchased from Matt Performance.
Thanks for your suggestion Carolyn...don't know why I didn't try jumping it in the first case :o
you might be able to recover it with some distilled water and bat-aid. I've recovered a couple like that.
It's a Toyota sealed battery, so I don't think it's recoverable. ::)
Oh well, I've put the new wheels on, taken the hardtop off and it's now back in the garage, battery disconnected, waiting for the current situation to improve so I can venture out and buy a new one. Let's hope it's not too long before myself & everyone else can get out with the roof down & enjoy some topless motoring :)
Good to hear you have diagnosed the problem Mark.
Have you thought about having a battery delivered;
https://www.mr2roc.org/forum/index.php?topic=69060.0