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BAD... Dead Optima Battery
So, after 6 weeks away on business, etc., I returned to a VERY dead Optima battery in my '02 Boxster.
So dead, that when I connect any power source to the emergency power connector in the fuse block, the horn sounds constantly. After some five minutes, however, it quiets down significantly. Things I tried: 14 V jump box - fully charged, jumper cables, battery charger, hi amps, low amps, 75 A boost, turning key to unlock, and lock / unlock, turning ignition on. Removing fuses, etc. After the horn quieted, I left my 2 A battery charger on it for three hours... To no avail. What do I do, any ideas? Without taking a wrecking bar to the hood, I have no idea as to how I can open it to service the battery. Please let me know what I should do next. --- before having car towed to Dealer$hip. Thanks in advance... |
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Plug the Ctek into your lighter socket and follow the unit's directions, and the next time you go away for six weeks, leave the car on a Ctek maintainer. |
just get a new battery bro.
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Bummer -- there is a release cable behind one of the front tire liners.
Do a google search for it. Someone will have posted instructions. Might not be the easiest thing to get at, but better than a wrecking ball. If you can't get to it without removing your wheel -- and of course the locking lug nut is in your frunk - I have had success with a 24mm deep socket and an appropriate amount of force to pop it on the lug, then remove like any other lug nut. good luck, Mike Quote:
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Wait. So on an '02 there isn't a little flipper on the door sill like my '00 that pops the frunk?
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