Ummmmm what’s this, and why is it disconnected.

[Scobner]

Would one of you be able to tell me what this is, it’s next to the battery.
Also, why would it be disconnected?

thanks

Simon

 

[Loz]

That’s a solenoid. But I cant see anything disconnected in that photo, the cable going into the red crimp doesn’t look good though.

 

[Scobner]

Sorry, you can’t see it in this picture but the the cable going into the top left of the solenoid is no longer connected to the battery.
It’s a new conversion, so I’m still looking around and finding things.
Would this cause my start stop error I get when I turn the key.
The van starts and runs fine, but start stop doesn’t work.

thanks

simon

 

[DaveD]

I wonder if your van was once fitted with some power hungry extra equipment such as air compressor or winch?

 

[Loz]

Follow the other side of the solenoid and see where it goes?

 

[Scobner]

I wonder if your van was once fitted with some power hungry extra equipment such as air compressor or winch?

It’s an ex AA so that might be it.

Follow the other side of the solenoid and see where it goes?

It’s too cold tonight . I will check tomorrow.

thanks for the replies

 

[DaveD]

It’s an ex AA so that might be it.

Stay in the warm and read this then:

Ex AA Van Problems!!!

www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk

His ex AA van had such a solenoid for taking power to Anderson sockets in the back of the van for power tools / compressors.

 

[Niknak]

Would have been nice for your converter to have removed it to tidy things up, echo what’s already been said more than likely for a heavy feed to rear for jump starting have you got anything connected to vehicle negative apart from vehicle terminal if so this could be causing stop start issue

 

[Scobner]

Would have been nice for your converter to have removed it to tidy things up, echo what’s already been said more than likely for a heavy feed to rear for jump starting have you got anything connected to vehicle negative apart from vehicle terminal if so this could be causing stop start issue

I will check and get back to you.

thanks

 

[Pete C]

Do you get a stop/start error message, or is it just that it doesn’t work as you would expect ?

Pete

 

[Scobner]

Do you get a stop/start error message, or is it just that it doesn’t work as you would expect ?

Pete

I get a start stop error when I first start the van and it doesn’t stop like it should.
I was wondering if it just needed a new battery. I replaced my land rover fr2 battery last week and my start stop started working.

 

[Pete C]

Yes, could be a tired battery. Try giving it a full long charge with a decent battery charger, then drive it and see what happens. Or see if it works after a long drive.

Pete

 

[Niknak]

Naff battery will cause it

 

[Higgidav]

I used to have an ex RAC van. When they decommissioned it they removed items worth anything and then just cut all the wires and removed fuses etc. It was difficult to make sense of any wiring so I just removed it all carefully.