mazzamark

Many thanks, I'll try that today

no I had a multimeter testing draw and pulled one at a time

I haven't and it has just had a new bosch alternator

Thanks for your reply, I meant as soon as I connect one of the red wires on top of the battery (The ones that carrode). I know these cars do draw and spark when you connect a battery but this is extreme, it takes a chunk out of the battery terminal. On a multimeter the discharge fluctuates between 300 milliamps and 900 milliamps and discharges a 77ah battery in a day.

I have to say after over 250k miles of nearly trouble free driving with 2 mk1 vrs's i've hit my first real snag. Ive got a fabia 1 vrs se, its drawing over 10A an hour from the battery, I have had every fuse out of the dashboard fuses and have disconnected the fuses above the battery, the second I connect a single red wire I get a huge spark. The car is in Portugal and cant find anyone to look at it , I struggle to drive it anywhere, any ideas please.

059 Mark, car in Portugal, owned since 2010

Best I have had is a genuine 89mpg over 700miles @ 70mph, seriously boring drive though. My 07le states regularly 63mpg however on a test its 39-42mpg Computers seem to be way out on these cars

Best I have had is a genuine 89mpg over 700miles @ 70mph, seriously boring drive though. My 07le states regularly 63mpg however on a test its 39-42mpg Computers seem to be way out on these cars