Poot
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Registered: 30th Jan 05
Location: Wales/midlands drives: 1.6 16v
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went out to my car earlier, to find i'd left headlights on for half/ 3 quarters of an hour, and the batter was too flat to turn starter over, so pushed car to start it, came back up the hill to park...
..then turned it off, strted it and it stalled, engine management light flashing on and off continously?? Now car wont fire when turning over, and the light keeps flashing?
I'm lost 
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ryzer
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Registered: 18th Mar 03
Location: Berkshire Drives:UGLY MUG
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it may be an alternator failure, how old is the battery?
and how long in mins did u drive it before u switched off?
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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sounds like you didnt leave the engine running long enough for the alternator to recharge the battery
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Prob didnt leave it running long enough to charge the battery up.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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yeah, what jake said...
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
Location: Under your sisters bed
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^^^ and to say it again..
the ecu needs a whole 5 volts to function, if it aint got it, the car wont start, try a new battery
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pavorotti
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: west mids
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take it to kwikfit on a bump start they will check the bat and alt 4 free!
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Poot
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Registered: 30th Jan 05
Location: Wales/midlands drives: 1.6 16v
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After it was performing like this, I switched off the ignition and went indoors for a bit, just been back out now and it started fine 
Hmmm maybe leaving the lights on drained the battery more than I thought 
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