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Sister in Laws car has dead battery, its a tiptronic model, 2 litre, is it okay to jump start this vechicle from another one as you would normaly or will jump starting it make the on borad computer die?
Jan 26, 2013 at 1:23 AM
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Hook donor battery up Pos to Pos and Neg to good ground other than direct to battery, let is for 3-4 min then start, remove earth terminal first. ideally you should be using surge protection jumper leads.
Jan 26, 2013 at 2:20 AM
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NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT THIS VEHICLE

IT MIGHT BE SAFER (NOT TAKING A RISK) TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND CHARGE IT?

EVEN IF YOU REMOVED IT---------------- AND CHARGED IT USING YOUR JUMPER CABLES FOR 30 MINUTES OR SO (SITTING IN FRONT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE) --------THEN RE-INSTALL IT IN HER VEHICLE (NOW CHARGED)

DO YOU FOLLOW?

THE MEDIC
Jan 26, 2013 at 2:27 AM
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