Latio can not jump start?

[iagree]

hi

why battery flat and cause such a jialat thing?
the battery wont be totally gone case right?

i will chg my battery when it hit 40000km or in the next servicing (now 34k already).

regards.

[jing]

I have used my petrol driven car to jump start a diesel Eurovan before, with success.

I am surprised that AA guy gave you such an answer.

He needs to attend a refresher course. 

I did try to jumpstart a van using my car...and it didn't work. When I asked why, the AA guy told me different voltage between petrol and diesel vehicle.

hmm....

[Jazz]

I did try to jumpstart a van using my car...and it didn't work. When I asked why, the AA guy told me different voltage between petrol and diesel vehicle.

hmm....

Diesel vehicle not using 12V battery meh ? Interesting.

[clarence]

I can't recall the voltage in diesel vehicle's battery, but diesel vehicles use higher voltage than petrol vehicles as they run on high compression and consume more battery power.

Diesel vehicles also do not use any spark plugs,

They have glow plugs to start the engine.

[david1881]

Diesel vehicles (pick up, van, eurovan, taxi) also uses same voltage as car, 12V.
But heavy goods vehicles (truck, trailer, sbs/smrt buses...) using 24V.

[detach8]

ah ton of bullshit

12v for diesel or petrol cars is standard
big one use 24v

all are negative ground

it might be insufficient current or faulty cabling. in that case the taxi have to stop the engine first to ensure that the engine nto drawing current.. but usually cant be cos the alternator is still running to charge the battery

if you connect wrong polarity the battery would have already explode

did you check your internal resistance of your battery?