Hi,
Hopefully someone will be able to help me with this problem I'm having with my car (2000 Renault Clio). It has failed to start 4 times in the past few weeks. One time after it wouldnt start (i tried several times) I went away and left it for about an hour, and when I came back it started fine. The other 3 times i had to jump start it. When I try to start it, theres usually a small clicking noise, it sounds like the engine starts to turn over for a split second then dies.
My dad has a battery recharger thing where you connect the battery to the mains power supply, so i borrowed that off him and put it on overnight. The next day, when i tried it at first it started fine, but later in the day when i tried it again it wouldn't start at all (i hadnt actually driven the car since it was recharged - I just started it to see if it would work).
Then yesterday i drove a 150 mile journey to pick something up. When i went to start the car to go back (about 5 minutes after stopping the car after this non-stop 150 mile journey) it wouldnt start. I had to get a jump start again -which worked fine. And then when i got home, i tried to start the car again just to see if it would work, and it did. It seems to be totally random when it will start and when it wont.
Im not sure whether my battery is faulty, my alternator, or something completely different. Am I right to think that since jump starting works fine, my problem must be battery-related?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hopefully someone will be able to help me with this problem I'm having with my car (2000 Renault Clio). It has failed to start 4 times in the past few weeks. One time after it wouldnt start (i tried several times) I went away and left it for about an hour, and when I came back it started fine. The other 3 times i had to jump start it. When I try to start it, theres usually a small clicking noise, it sounds like the engine starts to turn over for a split second then dies.
My dad has a battery recharger thing where you connect the battery to the mains power supply, so i borrowed that off him and put it on overnight. The next day, when i tried it at first it started fine, but later in the day when i tried it again it wouldn't start at all (i hadnt actually driven the car since it was recharged - I just started it to see if it would work).
Then yesterday i drove a 150 mile journey to pick something up. When i went to start the car to go back (about 5 minutes after stopping the car after this non-stop 150 mile journey) it wouldnt start. I had to get a jump start again -which worked fine. And then when i got home, i tried to start the car again just to see if it would work, and it did. It seems to be totally random when it will start and when it wont.
Im not sure whether my battery is faulty, my alternator, or something completely different. Am I right to think that since jump starting works fine, my problem must be battery-related?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
