Thread: Bad Press by the truckload

Just sped-read through a number of articles - this is a VERY pro-Toyota publication (and I'm sure you already knew that - I'm just catching up)..

Originally Posted by ~Rich~

UNSEALED 4X4 ISSUE 007

Made my comment at the end of the story.

Well said Richard.

Originally Posted by PAT303

...if he jumped started a Toyota straight to the battery instead of doing it off the terminals fitted for jump starting as shown in the owners manual he would fry the computer and get stranded... Pat

Is there some sort of 'filter' between these jump start terminals and the main battery?

I've only ever jump started using cables straight to the battery terminals....

Sounds like I'm behind the times

You never jump start straight to the battery,it doesn't matter if it's a 2a or D4,in the L322 if you jump start straight to the battery not only could you fry the electrics but you could also set off the pyrotechnic guillotine that will leave you really stuck,or blow the main body ecu fuses which means the codes have to be sent over from the UK and be downloaded.If you read the manual it's written down in easy to follow steps and under the bonnet there is a bright red positive terminal and a black negative terminal in plain sight NEXT to the battery,Land Rover made it idiot proof,it really is idiot proof but obviously not idiot proof enough for Davo or Simo to work it out. Pat

Originally Posted by catch-22

Just sped-read through a number of articles - this is a VERY pro-Toyota publication (and I'm sure you already knew that - I'm just catching up)..

Toyota and don't forget Nissan, Pat Callinan's sponsor.

cant say ive ever seen a problem jump starting a car using the battery terminals.

all your doing is connecting battery's in parallel.

Well it must be safe then. Pat

I fried my Llams unit when my alternator fried and took out the battery with it. I assume it happened when I jump started the car from my second battery, I had the cables on the positive terminal of the starter battery and the on a body earth point. It's possible the Llams actually saved the suspension ECU as it sits in the line before it.

Don't know why this happened, don't know what I did wrong or how I should do it better next time but interested to hear your thoughts in how to do it better.