Hey guys, I've trying doing a search and nothing useful came up.
My 34 was always mechanically fine, serviced every 4-5000km's. Then one day I get back from holiday after 10 days of not driving it the battery is dead, which is understandable. I charged it up back to full. Multimeter read around 12.8-13V.
-It was fine for about a week. then as of a few days ago, it wouldn't turn over. Radio, electronics etc work but the car just clicks. Tried changing with another battery with full 13V power from an S15 and it started, but very weakly and it struggled to turn on but it did.
-Switched it off, then on again, same problem, it tries to turn but it just clicks, turns the fan a little bit etc, but no dice.
-RAC roadside said I needed a bigger powered battery around 450, but I don't think this will solve the problem.
lead me to the next thing it could be, being injectors, I ran through some octane booster and injector cleaner into the fuel, no good. We havn't tried pulling out the injectors and physically cleaning them yet. And of course the starter motor could be gone.
Bit strange how everything is fine then magically it falls to shit one fine day.
So my problem could be, battery, injectors, alternator, and/or starter motor. A mechanic I was speaking with over the phone said it could be battery with dead cells, but 2 different batteries having dead cells is unlikely.
When it gets jump started it will turn over okay. So has anyone got any ideas for me? To clarify, what it does when I'm turning it on without jump starting is a slight humming, tries to turn over, then just ticks..
Cheers guys.