Hi all

 

I have 2001 Fabia 1.4MPI 8v . I have been trying to find the cause of a parasitic drain on battery.

So far I have connected ammeter to battery terminal and found the drain is through terminal 2 at battery. I pulled the interior light fuses and then pulled each fuse in turn but no effect on current draw.

The draw is 0.110A

I have noticed that if the terminal 2 cable is disconnected (did this by accident while testing) that when reconnected there is a small rise in current then a return to only 0.010A almost like something switched off that hadn't previously.

 

any help would be greatly appriciated, I have vcds lite, could this be any help in diagnosing the problem?

Radio or X contact switch inside ignition barrel.

just fitted new hu but had the same problem with original hu fitted, will check out ignition switch, will disconnect hu first to see if it cures fault

What's a hu ?

 

DB

What's a hu ?

 

DB

Head unit

Seems that I've been chasing my a*** on this one. It turns out that the 0.100A draw switches down to 0.010A after 30mins. Must be a timer. I think I will get battery tested as when I put it on charge the battery charger never wen't above 2amps which doesn't seem right for a battery that is flat. The alternator is giving 14 volts when running but mabey its having the same trouble as the charger the battery doesn't seem to be taking charge.