Also is there a procedure to follow when charging a battery? Can it be done whilst the battery is still connected? Will I have issues if I take the battery out of the car over night to charge?

Also just read that if a battery is showing 12.2 or less it's only 50% charged and anything less than 12 is classed as discharged is this correct?

I think it's 800 CCA and 90 AH I'll double check later. Going to the garage tomorrow and have them listen to the mechanical whir I get and for them to see the battery readings feel like I'm going round in circles. Was going to order a starter tomorrow but don't want to throw a part at it if...

So tested the battery today. 12.2 when off. Eventually got it to start and jumped to 15.4 (dropped to 10 when starting) noticed when starting if I try and do it quickly after it fails it will start with no hdc/special programmes error but if I continuously try and slow start it that's when I get...

Forgive my lack of knowledge but is this multimeter ok from halfords it's cheap so unsure. Take it I set it to the 20 on the left side?

Thank you

Going to pick up a multimeter tomorrow and check the battery myself what volts should it read. Many thanks for all the advice really appreciate it.

So it could well be the battery also. With being in and out of hospital not had time to get to the bottom of this. Think I have a lifetime guarantee on the battery

Will do thanks

With the engine not cranking would the car throw up the errors anyway? I've had hdc/special programme and park brake errors pop up when failing to start. When it eventually does I don't get the errors.

So after a period of being in hospital (nothing serious) and not using the car I can get round to figuring this non start issue out. It has started again but now seems worse. Battery is fine just get a mechanical spinning/whir sound and engine doesn't crank. if I keep trying I get a hdc...

Fingers crossed. Went to a local garage so they could hear it and they told me missing teeth off the flywheel and its a big job. Yesterday and today has been a little chilly and on both occasions it fires up without hesitation. It could be something more serious but if the terminal was slightly...

So having been unwell last few days I eventually got round to doing some investigating. Having looked at the battery terminal the positive could spin very slightly on the pole so I gave it a tighten and gave it a start. Still the same. After a few drives it seems to starting ok now. I'm not...

Would a starter make a whir sound it's not a grind as such not a click either when it happens if I hold it it eventually starts

Recently I've had issues starting the car. What happens is I turn the ignition once checks finished and get like a mechanical whir sound and no start. Its not a click if I turn off and try again it starts. Today it did the noise twice before it would start. No errors on the dash at all no cut...

The reason he suggested the compressor and not the sensor is because on start up the car would try to level but as it dropped so low and then would level and drop again at the front and try and re level it was over working due to a leak at the valve block but I get what you are saying.

An update on the suspension issues I was having. The front valve block was the culprit. A leak was causing the compressor to work overtime trying to keep the front level. The front would drop as soon as igntion was switched off. Indy thinks the compressor was working overtime and the amber error...

Next week. I'm just recording as much info and behaviour of the car to assist the garage

I'm just trying to gather as much info as I can before the car goes into the garage. Nothing wrong with that.

So another morning of head scratching I decided to have another inspection of the lines and struts. I put the car in offroad switched off the ignition and had a good listen. What I discovered is every minute of 2 I could hear a short spurt of air being vented not sure where it is coming from but...