Somethings draining my battery....auto electrition has had kombi all day and cant fault it... Has had new battery put in and still the same thing happening, what could be causing this ?? Anyone?
Ree

How long dose it take to go flat?
Rob...

ok, there is a few possibilities you can check but it takes a while. Turn the ignition off and get a helper. Have your battery *mostly* flat. If it goes flat all my itself this should not be a problem. Put a multi meter on the battery, will prob just read 12 volts. switch your ignition on and the volts should drop. It needs to be flat enuf that the interior light makes a noticable drop in volts (.4 or so.) Now pull all the fuses and turn the ignition on. Any drop? If so track back from there (let me know and I can walk you backwards from there, unlikely though) Now while your faithfull offsider watches the meter slowly put each fuse back in ONE AT A TIME. you may even see a tiny spark as you do put the offender in (unlikely if batt flat enuf) What you will see is the voltage drop when the drain is fused back into the loop. That should get you into the loop that has the drain in it. Make sure your interior light is off at the time of test, radio too.

The battery needs to be flat enuf or the large amount of juice left in it will not let the volts drop.

Good luck, and may the karma be with you!:vader

Thanks for that, Ill give it a go.

Robo, its draining quickly, Ill take it for a run , say about 20 minutes get home stop it start it straight away and its barely got enough kick to get going again, if I leave it sit for a few hours it it wont kick over at all. Completely drained.
ree

If it drains fast it must be drawing a fair bit of juice & a "bush mechanic's" approach could be to the remove all the fuses & then put them back one at a time as above but "tickle" the connections -ie connect the fuse , disconnect etc & look for a spark as you do it. That could identify the circuit responsible.

If it's draining while you're taking it for a run - sounds like it's not getting any charge from the alternator! The last time I had that problem was in a mark 1 Golf: the belt to the alternator had come off. Have you checked that the alternator is charging?

Yep every single thing was checked by auto electrition and mechanic but hey Guess what!!!!! Just keep an eye on those excide batterys, the old one was one the new one was one, put in a different brand and kombis fine, just a case of kombi rejecting that brand or they were just two dodgy batterys new or not. Thankgod the problem was solved, have you ever been in that situation when you cant find the problem? Your heart misses beats and you feel sick with worry, cant communicate, cant function, this is what its been like for the last few days, thankgod im on holidays and havnt had to think about work at the same time.
Its all over,
Ree

Your handy hints still were appreciated as I dont know much but I love to learn, Everyday on this forum is a valuable lesson for me a passionate kombi lover/owner with not a great deal of knowledge to keep it running on my own.
Three cheers for the forum !!!!:thumb

Well done Ree!! :thumb

Glad to hear you got it sorted! unbeliveable that a new battry is a dud, but I have heard this story before from others, I spose its the luck of the draw.
at least your frustration is over now, and you can stop worrying.
Rob....