Discovery wont start.

pflowers · #1 30th-October-2008, 21:13

Hi Guys, newbie here. Been lurking around for a while but need some advice so thought it was about time I joined up !

Got a 200TDI Auto 94, last time I used it no problems, went to start today no dash lights and will not crank over. Obviously thought flat battery so took off and gave a good charge but still the same problem.
The wipers, hazards, clock, radio, interior light all work but there is no oil / battery light and will not crank over. When you turn the key to crank position the clock goes off but the interior light does not.

Any advice much appreciated as it is driving me mad !

Peter

ratty · #2 30th-October-2008, 21:20

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Originally Posted by pflowers

Hi Guys, newbie here. Been lurking around for a while but need some advice so thought it was about time I joined up !

Got a 200TDI Auto 94, last time I used it no problems, went to start today no dash lights and will not crank over. Obviously thought flat battery so took off and gave a good charge but still the same problem.
The wipers, hazards, clock, radio, interior light all work but there is no oil / battery light and will not crank over. When you turn the key to crank position the clock goes off but the interior light does not.

Any advice much appreciated as it is driving me mad !

Peter

Sounds like a knackered battery. what is the voltage on the battery? Sounds like you wanna get it drop tested.

pflowers · #3 30th-October-2008, 21:25

Hi ratty thanks for the quick reply, would the battery cause the oil / battery light not to come on at all, the hazzards and wipers all function normally ?

ratty · #4 30th-October-2008, 21:31

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Originally Posted by pflowers

Hi ratty thanks for the quick reply, would the battery cause the oil / battery light not to come on at all, the hazzards and wipers all function normally ?

no. I thought you meant they were all dimming out with the clock.

Check your main fuses in the engine bay. Not the small blade fuses but the BIG ones. It's most likely one of them thats gone.

pflowers · #5 30th-October-2008, 21:39

Thanks, I did check all the small fuses but didn' know there were others ? Where are they located ?

ratty · #6 30th-October-2008, 21:48

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Originally Posted by pflowers

Thanks, I did check all the small fuses but didn' know there were others ? Where are they located ?

I am a defender man myself so not 100% sure but I would say the fusebox would be in the engine bay towards the bulkhead. If a defender is anything to go by it'll be on the passenger side.

animatedsnail · #7 30th-October-2008, 22:47

My Disco did the same this morning. I thought it was the battery. Re charged and still nothing. This time it turned over but nothing else. Found out that the wire had come off the stop solenoid. You never know?

markjam · #8 31st-October-2008, 10:23

yea was gonna say you have a trigger wire to the starter check that.
I had the same problem did my head in for ages lol

The Mad Hat Man · #9 31st-October-2008, 10:27

wheres the stop solenoid wire? more precisely, where is the stop solenoid?

landy10 · #10 31st-October-2008, 10:47

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Originally Posted by pflowers

Hi Guys, newbie here. Been lurking around for a while but need some advice so thought it was about time I joined up !

Got a 200TDI Auto 94, last time I used it no problems, went to start today no dash lights and will not crank over. Obviously thought flat battery so took off and gave a good charge but still the same problem.
The wipers, hazards, clock, radio, interior light all work but there is no oil / battery light and will not crank over. When you turn the key to crank position the clock goes off but the interior light does not.

Any advice much appreciated as it is driving me mad !

Peter

I agree wi ratty, it sounds like a fooked battery to me, yes you will get small electric things to work like indicators and so on but when you ask the battery to turn the engine over the battery cant supply the amps needed. Bear in mind that a battery loses approx 50% of its capacity when it gets below minus 2, this is why your battery tends to give up when it gets cold after having served you fine all summer (the little we had that is).Like ratty says charge the battery and then get it drop tested.