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starting a flat battery from under bonnet?

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jasonp

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hiya all, at the moment just waiting to get my boot not opening diagnosed at weekend and i just wanted to check that if i had a flat battery that i can get it started by applying jump lead to the blue nipple/thingy thats on the drivers side in line roughly with the steering wheel at the very top of the engine bay near black plastic housing?? cold weather and murphys law made me want to check this... thanks jason p
 
I think the idea of the stud is to allow you to jump the battery in order to open the boot but as in your case you can't do that then it would suffice in an emergency. It wouldn't be my first point of choice due to its small size and the amount of current it would take during a jump start.
 
hiya, rob and turbo s, thanks for replys, never had a flat battery[touching wooden table]but with no boot access, just needed to know thanks again jason
 
As Rob says: use the terminal to allow you to gain entry to the boot. You can then jump the car by attaching the positive jump lead to the batterys terminal. The wiring on mine looks like itd melt if you tried to start the car using it...
 
hiya, rob and 944man, are you saying that you would not use the blue point under any cicumstance to start? and would it cause damage if you did use? bearing in mind i am unable to gain access to battery through rear hatch, as i said car is running great and never had a flat battery [t/wood], i am aware i could climb over back seat with jump leads if the need arose, thanks jason
 
To be perfectly safe I would always use the battery if you have access to it as you do from what you say. To put it into perspective at the moment of start up the starter motor may momentarily use up to 200 Amps!!!! I would use the blue jumping only in an emergency if it were me. But then again I have done some dodgy things in the past lol [:D]
 
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hiya, rob and 944man, are you saying that you would not use the blue point under any cicumstance to start? and would it cause damage if you did use? bearing in mind i am unable to gain access to battery through rear hatch, as i said car is running great and never had a flat battery [t/wood], i am aware i could climb over back seat with jump leads if the need arose, thanks jason
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I just attached the charger to mine, then used the key to open the boot after 30 mins or so.
 
The blue capped terminal is intended to be used to gain entry to the boot on non-mechanically locked hatched cars. When you can get into the boot you can jump the car as usual. The wire from the under-bonnet terminal really isnt thick enough for anything more than this.
 
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