Looks like second battery is loose too, no clamps holding it in place! Just hope that fuel can is empty !
Looks like second battery is loose too, no clamps holding it in place! Just hope that fuel can is empty !
.......also don't forget every time you open a door/bonnet/boot you are increasing the usage. When my car is garaged everything is open so I can do stuff without 'waking' the car up.
Tim Hayton
Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not.
If I were you Guy I would buy a brand new battery,
(at least 12 Volt 75Ah R.C. 130min.
CCA(-18°C): SAE 675A
DIMENSIONS: 290mm LONG, 190mm HIGH, 175mm WIDE.)
scrap everything you have in the boot i.e. the two batteries and associated additional wiring, connect up your new battery with the original wiring and then check for current drain. If you have scrapped all of the original HiLine components (Tuner, Radio, CD Player and SatNav) then if you continue to get a drain it is likely to be a chafed wire or a wire earthing when it shouldn't. Careful logical isolation of components should eventually lead you to the culprit.
Nich.
Nicholas John Peter Tinker - # 484
Manufactured on Tuesday 27th April 2004 @ 12.17.47.
Commission Number: 24468.
Brochure Model: M3 Tourer 4.6 V8 260PS.
Specification Code: L01B.
CICode: D1511.
Trim Level: TL8.9 (M3).
65th ZT-T 260SE to be made out of 115.
11th ZT-T 260 SE in Pearl Black (PBT) out of 23 produced.
Manufactured in the UK by MG Rover Group Ltd.
Certainly worth replacing the battery for one of these, great value and spec:
http://www.autosessive.com/electrica...teria=2:55:256
did you also remove the sat nav and cd changer from side compartment in the boot?
2003 ZT 260SE Monogram Garnet Red #073
2004 ZT-T+ CDTi Aquamarine
1999 MX-5 Turbo
I would suggest that you start at the basics, check and clean ALL the earths as you could have some circuit back feeding due to a bad earth. Put a small 12V bulb in line between the positive terminal of the battery and the battery terminal that you have removed make sure it does not touch anything and short this will light up if there is a current draw. If the bulb is lit start disconnecting and reconnecting systems until one switches of the light bulb when this happens you have found the current drain.
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