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22-12-2013, 10:05 PM
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Wondering if anyone has had this problem before. When driving along at night every now and then my headlights dip for a split second, its been doing it for a while but has recently got slightly worse. I've always suspected maybe bad earth somewhere or the fact that my battery terminals aren't as tight as I would like them. Within the last couple of days however I get an intermittent power loss, only for a split second but its enough to feel it, and I'm pretty sure my lights dip at the same time.
Anyone have any ideas/experience with a similar problem?
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Are the battery terminals easily dislodged? If so, that's probably your culprit.
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It could probably get the negative terminal off without loosening the bolt yeah.
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23-12-2013, 11:19 AM
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There ya go then
Just run along all the cables checkin each connection
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Hmm. May have to go check my battery, I'd put it down to puddles making the aux belt slip. But being lazy I hadn't yet tensioned it up
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I'm going to get new battery terminals because the negative won't go any tighter and the positive is a horrible quick release type.
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My hdi did this was due to a bad battery.. The car would normally start fine but in cold weather the battery would be flat and unable to start it
