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Battery problem

Hi all,

 

I replaced my battery last year with a nice Bosch one but recently have found that it is draining within 4 days if the car is not driven. Yesterday, I got a flat and within an hour, the battery was flat (I had the ignition on without the engine turning). Surely that doesn't sound right?? Any ideas if it's just a dodgy battery or could it be something else?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

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    Is your battery still fitted in the proper Nissan container with the insulation in the sides? If not the heat from the turbos can cook em in a year or two. They really need the heat shielding

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    no insulation or container, I think I threw them away recently. The thing is I jumped the car earlier and let it idle for about 20 mins. It re-started 4 hours later with no probs - should it have???

     

    Vijay

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    Vijay did you find what was causing this, was it the speed converter?

    Mine has done this the last month along with speedo problems.

    its doing this to me :headvswal

     

    Cheers

    Allan

     

     

     

     

     

    Hi all,

     

    I replaced my battery last year with a nice Bosch one but recently have found that it is draining within 4 days if the car is not driven. Yesterday, I got a flat and within an hour, the battery was flat (I had the ignition on without the engine turning). Surely that doesn't sound right?? Any ideas if it's just a dodgy battery or could it be something else?

     

     

     

    Vijay

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    Vijay did you find what was causing this, was it the speed converter?

    Mine has done this the last month along with speedo problems.

    its doing this to me :headvswal

     

    Cheers

    Allan

     

    I have this same problem at the moment. Car is off the road currently anyway while I do some other stuff to it anyway(oil, coolant, aiv's, headlight cleaning, rad hard pipes..etc), but will be testing it its current drain with a multimeter, and then pulling fuses to find the culprit.

     

    Co-incidence I also have Speedo/speed sensor problems at the moment too

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    mine's a UK so no speedo converter. I brought back the battery to Costco who happily swapped it - no problems since.

     

    Vijay

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