electrical problem

clean your battery terminals and it should go sometimes water and degreaser can cause that .

i cleaned the terminals. i just tried to jump start it using the mrs' car, connecting to the battery in the standard battery position and no change whatsoever.


jamie...

Hi Jamie, I degrease and hose down my engine bay regularly.
Although there is very little in the way of electronics under my bonnet [or anywhere else for that matter] a decent dose of CRC or WD40 always seems to drive out the moisture.

Cheers....Lionel.

As its cranked get a multi meter and on the posts, not the clamps, watch the voltage if it drops down instantly its cranked to below 10 volts then dead cell likely if not move the probes to the clamps and retest if it drops out on the 2nd test then terminals leads or connection points are the culprit. this is a pretty reliable guide hope it helps.

Did you short anything and cause any sparks while under the bonnet?
even if it is ok after it dries out the problem still needs to be located and rectified .

well all sorted out now, but not without a bit of the old egg on face, turned out i had 2 dead, salvageable batteries. called a mobile sparky we use at work, he went straight around to have a squizz, when he called to give me the damage report he said "you were right mate, its not a flat battery, its 2 cactus batteries. so just bunged a couple of new centurys in and away she goes. probably not the best batteries on earth but will certainly satisfy my needs for now, i hope. during all this the wireless(original toyota job) seems to have locked itself up. there doesn't appear to be any code in the owners manual so i guess it'll be a trip to toyota with the remainder of my bank balance hehehe. thanks for all the advice and handy hints fellas.

hope you all have a merry xmas.
safe motoring.
jamie...