Alex
Nordschleife
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- 6 Mar 2014
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I've had a battery drain back in January and resolved what it was. Anyway, last week I was out on the juice all weekend and when Monday morning came, looked like my battery was out of juice too. Today I thought I'd just do a quick check to see if I had something draining it........and I did. My amp gizzmo was reading 0.6amps when the car was not alarmed and everything electric was off.
First port of call was to check the place I had an issue last time. Turns out that was the problem. Tilt sensor plug!! Whipped the plug off and it was all green and mouldy. Quick clean up and cleaned the socket up on the tilt sensor and hey presto - gizzmo now reading zero amps
All my bulkhead drains are clear and it's dry in there apart from the battery tray which has some water in it. Tilt sensor is right next to that so I can only assume it's attracting moisture and and the copper inside the plug is oxidising. Think I may drill some holes in the battery tray and also give the plug and socket a good dose of vaseline.
If anyone else is having a problem I suggest you check there 1st. Only takes 10 minutes.
Problem in question is the orange plaug seen in this photo:
First port of call was to check the place I had an issue last time. Turns out that was the problem. Tilt sensor plug!! Whipped the plug off and it was all green and mouldy. Quick clean up and cleaned the socket up on the tilt sensor and hey presto - gizzmo now reading zero amps
All my bulkhead drains are clear and it's dry in there apart from the battery tray which has some water in it. Tilt sensor is right next to that so I can only assume it's attracting moisture and and the copper inside the plug is oxidising. Think I may drill some holes in the battery tray and also give the plug and socket a good dose of vaseline.
If anyone else is having a problem I suggest you check there 1st. Only takes 10 minutes.
Problem in question is the orange plaug seen in this photo: