Car Battery

[MistR33td]

OHHHHHH spewing, i left my in car light on overnight, woke up and the f%$# is dead as, ive heard your not allowed to jump start skylines or any turbo because it may stuff up the turbo or somethin.........do i just remove the battery and charge it seperately or what, cheers guys.

[cruzin33]

I know RAA jump start them with a jump starter kit as my mate hade to call raa for his 33

[MistR33td]

I know RAA jump start them with a jump starter kit as my mate hade to call raa for his 33

ahhh k, coz yeh i can jump start it, but i swear sum1 said not to.....can ne1 clarify this pls

[savage GTR]

Disconect your battery , then charge it . If it's a a 33 , just be carefull of your rear speakers as they might atempt to pull the spaner towards them as you undo the terminals. A rubber insulated handle type is best.

Another thing , with the battery from a 33 , you dont need to open the cell caps .

good luck

By the way , since my gtr isnt going anywhere lately , I ve had to charge mine up . A good charger shouldn't cost more than $24.95.

If you buy one from any mitre10 tomorow , you should get 15% off.

Edited February 2, 2007 by savage GTR

[cruzin33]

i jump start myn from the engine bay

[MistR33td]

Disconect your battery , then charge it . If it's a a 33 , just be carefull of your rear speakers as they might atempt to pull the spaner towards them as you undo the terminals. A rubber insulated handle type is best.

Another thing , with the battery from a 33 , you dont need to open the cell caps .

good luck

cheers for that savage,.

[MistR33td]

i got the battery out, is the battery in an R33 12V it may sound dumb but i just wanna kno coz my charger that plugs into the power point is meant for 12v batteries, hope sum1 can reply asap, cheers

[Busky2k]

Yes 12V. All cars are.

Its safe to jump start almost any vehicle. Its when twits short circuit the jumper leads etc thats when problems happen.

[MistR33td]

ahh k kool well now the battery is out of the car might as well charge it, but cheers for that man.

[GTROB]

I jump start My 32 GTR when ever its flat. AS LONG AS you have a GOOD set of jumper leads that have the surge protector in them all the battery terminal that you are connecting the leads to are clean and you connect them in the right sequence you will never have a problem. In saying correct sequence you connect your earth LAST and it is the FIRST lead you will take off after your car has started. NEVER disconnect the Positve first as thats where voltage spike can occur and poof goes the ecu if you are real unlucky. This is the same when you disconnect your battery when you want to remove it. I don't know where you heard you can't jump start turbo cars from, I can't say i've ever heard of that before. If the battery is dead flat you would be better off charging it over night, or unless you can go for a good long drive in the car after you jump start it. Couple hrs or more.

[Busky2k]

Its actually much healthier and better for the battery to charge on a charger if possible. If the car is flat and its not an emergency, charge it on an external charger all the way. Otherwise even if you can spare 10-20 minutes it is worth it. The excess current when a battery is dead flat can shorten the life of it and also it puts excessive strain on your alternator.

[sinistaGTR]

its fine to jump start from the battery or points in the front done it a million times.....and i have power fc avcr etc etc jsut go for a good drive when you get it goin

[Bl4cK32]

r33's can be jumpstarted from the engine bay...ive seen shaun do it

[R33LIN]

r33's can be jumpstarted from the engine bay...ive seen shaun do it

agreed!

i dont think there is any problem with jump starting the r33,

ive done it a few times and yes from the front as well.

Hope that helps!

cheers

[sinistaGTR]

Thats what i said....done it a million times from the front and back.....

[andz]

..done it a million times

lies

jump start is fine..i did it 2 million times in my GTR

sif take the battery out and recharge, that'd take forever

[Nightcrawler]

Technically you can spike and blow up your ECU, but as someone said it is more of an issue if you are a twit (not looking at anyone on here Vange) and short the battery by hooking the leads up wrong.

Best bet is to not put the negative on the battery terminal, but rather connect it to a ground point on your engine. For some reason this is less risky to your ECU (told to me by an RAA guy).

[heslo]

Haha, that's not nice Andrew

[Busky2k]

Best bet is to not put the negative on the battery terminal, but rather connect it to a ground point on your engine. For some reason this is less risky to your ECU (told to me by an RAA guy).

Actually it makes no difference to the ECU where you ground it. Its about not introducing a spark near the battery - theres a small but real chance the hydrogen gas from a charging battery can cause explosions when you disconnect the leads. That's why they always say disconnect the earth away from the battery first.

[Ryanrb25]

Actually it makes no difference to the ECU where you ground it. Its about not introducing a spark near the battery - theres a small but real chance the hydrogen gas from a charging battery can cause explosions when you disconnect the leads. That's why they always say disconnect the earth away from the battery first.

that's correct...

best to jump start it from under the bonnet....that's why that + terminal is there and connect earth - to your strut tower bolt.

also, your electronics have nothing to do with your turbo mate....not an issue for it. a 33 (turbo or not) is exactly the same as any other efi car out there.

Edited February 5, 2007 by Ryanrb25