As I've not contributed a great deal over the last couple of months (as the car isnt used as much and it was running great) I thought i'd give you something to mull over if your battery is draining.
This happened suddenly one weekend. Charged her up and next morning dead. The battery was the huge deisel battery so something must be draining it. I'd already changed the receiver for the revised one and that solvewd a lot of problems. So I could discounty this.
Anyway changed the battery as it was 3 years old anyway. No problem for a week then it happened again.
When the battery charger was placed on it it would draw more than 6 amps and auto cut out. Something must be drawing even when its not running. I heard a ticking from the drivers seat so the ecu was trying its best to turn something on.
Then i remembered. A few times in its 7 years with me the front passenger front headlight washer would get stuck and even when all turned off would still be giving a rough motor noise and needed a little nudge to get it to do its cycle and switch off. I then put on the headlights turned the washers on and made sure it did a full cycle before pulling the relay for them in the fuse box.
Guess what no more problems with the battery.
Have headlight washers on my volvo v70. One morning my wipers came on and the washer spray came on and wouldnt go off. Ended up being a duff motor on the headlight washer. So these are a bugger when they jam or dont go back to the park position.
So its not an obvious one but do a wash cycle make sure they both wash and then pull the relay to take it out the equation.
Not seen any write up on this so its another check on a flat battery.
P.s Got £10 scrap for the old battery
This happened suddenly one weekend. Charged her up and next morning dead. The battery was the huge deisel battery so something must be draining it. I'd already changed the receiver for the revised one and that solvewd a lot of problems. So I could discounty this.
Anyway changed the battery as it was 3 years old anyway. No problem for a week then it happened again.
When the battery charger was placed on it it would draw more than 6 amps and auto cut out. Something must be drawing even when its not running. I heard a ticking from the drivers seat so the ecu was trying its best to turn something on.
Then i remembered. A few times in its 7 years with me the front passenger front headlight washer would get stuck and even when all turned off would still be giving a rough motor noise and needed a little nudge to get it to do its cycle and switch off. I then put on the headlights turned the washers on and made sure it did a full cycle before pulling the relay for them in the fuse box.
Guess what no more problems with the battery.
Have headlight washers on my volvo v70. One morning my wipers came on and the washer spray came on and wouldnt go off. Ended up being a duff motor on the headlight washer. So these are a bugger when they jam or dont go back to the park position.
So its not an obvious one but do a wash cycle make sure they both wash and then pull the relay to take it out the equation.
Not seen any write up on this so its another check on a flat battery.
P.s Got £10 scrap for the old battery
