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snezza69:
Been having some problems starting recently where on turn over it sounds laboured.   Slow and sluggish starter motor and quickly fades.  I thought I was getting some battery drain over night so I began disconnecting the battery.  This seemed to help but occasionally I get the same problem.  A jump start does seem to help but think the problem may be elsewhere.

Any suggestions?

gecko:
ive also been having the same thing its doing me head in i think its time for a new battrey ,,,,,,hope so any way

muddyweb:
Remove, check and clean all the connections, including the earth straps.

Could be other, expensive things... but always check these first

drmike:
Tim's right about the earths but I had a similar problem and I deduced that as I did almost all my driving in the dark the puny alternator wasn't really charging the battery all that much.

I disconnected the glow plugs which must draw quite q bit of power and made a point of running in daylight as much as I could to let the battery get some charge. The Disco with a bigger alternator is unaffected but the 90 suffered like you described.

Mike

snezza69:

--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---Remove, check and clean all the connections, including the earth straps.

Could be other, expensive things... but always check these first
--- End quote ---


What other things could it be?  The reason I ask is this vehicle is a donor vehicle for an ongoing project and the last thing I want tot do is place defective parts onto the new vehicle.

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