Can you bump start a SMG car....

[Steve B]

Can you bump start our cars???


Steve

[shimmy]

Can you bump start our cars???


Steve

:smokin: no idea.

Want to borrow a charger?

[CraigMillwardCroft]

:smokin: no idea.

Want to borrow a charger?

:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[Mike RT4]

Expect some warning lights after it is started LOL

[shane@mbtech]

How would you engage and disengage the clutch with no battery power

[NZ_M3]

Can you bump start our cars???


Steve

Yes you can, it's in your manual - page 137 in mine.

Expect some warning lights after it is started LOL

You've obviously never push started an SMG car - you don't get warning lights. I've done this a couple of times back when I had a faulty battery.


Instruction as per manual:

"Do not attempt to tow-start a car with a catalytic converter unless the engine is cold. It is better to jump start the engine.

1. Tow-start the car with the selector lever in the N position.
2. Move the selector lever to position S, then pull it to + within 2 seconds. The correct gear is automatically selected and the clutch engaged.
3. After the engine has fired and is running, move the selector lever back to the N position.

[Sailorbaz]

I wish I had known this when I broke down in Italy in May. I only discovered it when informed by 'giraffe' our onsite technician in Munich from Elms Cambridge.

My starter motor packed in and I was left stranded. Obviously I didn't know it was the starter motor at the time, hindsight is wonderful though. I should have read the manual, shouldn't I?

[Steve B]

Cars fine I was just wondering.... I'm going to Germany next week and it was just incase the starter packs up...


Steve

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

This proceedure does not work if the
Battery is totally dead.

Only works if there is '' some life'' in the
battery.

Fine for starter motor issues etc.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[NZ_M3]

Hi,

This proceedure does not work if the
Battery is totally dead.

Only works if there is '' some life'' in the
battery.

Fine for starter motor issues etc.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

It only takes 5v to make a shift ... so you'd have to have a pretty dud battery to make this not work at all.

I've push started my car when there were no lights whatsoever on the dash and no starter click, the battery did measure about 8.8v however.

[thegingerninja]

I've bumped mine in the past when the battery was low. Just get rolling then drop it into gear. Once it fires, back to neutral!