[mantrabooks]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Battery in wrong way would have blown most circuits and it wouldn't run at all in modern cars/vans.

One other Q to mantrabooks, is it a petrol or diesel van? Diesels do tend to need a good battery to turn them over and you need towait for teh glow plugs (which may be on their way out)

When you say it doesn't start can you give us more detail, does it turn over or not? Does it even attempt to start or is it totally dead. do all teh other electrics work (Try the lights thing I mentioned earlier)

Its a diesel. I am aware most diesel have heat plugs and you need to wait before they heat up before you start the motor. But the van dosent have any lights to indicate this so from the begining I have just started it from strach. This maybe the problem. The van is going in the garage in the morning so I will let all know how I get on.