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Old 29-12-2014, 08:44 AM   #1
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Hello guys,
My son's away in training and has left his XR8 with me to care for. I've had it sitting for almost 5 weeks, tried starting it up but went...click click click click. Seems like the battery is flat. I'm not to familiar with V8. Should I simply jump it up? Should I remove battery and get it charged for few hours?
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Old 29-12-2014, 11:59 AM   #2
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It needs to be charged, I use a trickle charger permanently connected so I don't have this occur as I use it infrequently at times. These cars are sensitive to low voltage so once you charge it try and un it once a week. Good luck.
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Old 29-12-2014, 03:23 PM   #3
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Thanks for your advice GT450...got the battery on charge since morning and will put it back on bout 4ish...it's looking good.

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Old 30-12-2014, 08:50 AM   #4
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Oh I should have mentioned , never ever leave the keys in the ignition, even when off, as it's a sure way of flattening the battery to a level where you will need a jump battery to even get it to take a charge.
I forgot to remove them at one time and flattened a nearly new battery, hence why i now leave the trickle charger permanently connected.
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Old 30-12-2014, 02:48 PM   #5
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Oh I should have mentioned , never ever leave the keys in the ignition, even when off, as it's a sure way of flattening the battery to a level where you will need a jump battery to even get it to take a charge.
I forgot to remove them at one time and flattened a nearly new battery, hence why i now leave the trickle charger permanently connected.
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I was not aware of that - how can leaving the key in flatten the battery?
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Old 30-12-2014, 03:05 PM   #6
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If you don't remove the key completely it will keep some of the modules alive which I can assure will drain your battery if you do not use it for some time. the key needs to be removed to shut down entirely.
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Old 01-01-2015, 03:23 PM   #7
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Thanks...had the battery on charge for approx. 8 hours (was a new battery that when flat) and it's back on all systems working ok.
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