Golf MK2 not turning over

SmileyPaul

Hey everyone,

I've got a 1.6 diesel MK2 and it's been driving fine since february.
The other day I found that there had actually been an alarm installed so I turned it on and got the fobs battery replaced.

It's been about 2 days not and my girlfriend went out to the car and turned off the alarm and then I went to start it.

All the lights flicked on for a second as I was about to let it warm up and then they went off again. The car isn't even turning over now...

I turned off the alarm again in case that's what's drained the battery.


Anyone have any advice or information?

I'm pretty much a complete newby when it comes to cars.

Thanks.


EDIT: so the clock in the car isn't even on so I'm guessing the batter is completely eaten (unless there's some kind of fault?)


So, would I be better off trying to jumpstart the car or take the battery out and get it charged by a autoparts shop in artane?

CJhaughey

Battery is dead, get the alarm disconnected permanently not just switched off.
Charge battery and see if it lasts, if it still works after a few days then it may be OK, if it dies again it's probably dead from the constant draining.

SmileyPaul

Thanks for the advice, getting a jump tomorrow morning.

Will keep this updated.

SmileyPaul

So, got the battery checked out and its still pretty much fully charged, gonna check the fuses now, any other suggestions?

I'm hoping the alarm just blew a fuse

SmileyPaul

I know it's been a while but forgot to update! Ended up being that the belts all needed changing so the battery wasn't getting a proper charge.

Been running like a dream since.

biko

Sound, thanks for finalising the thread in case someone else have the same issue.