AdamElphick
06-05-21, 02:53 PM
Well as I am suing my mates Merc B Class auto while he is in Spain (nice ride but Oh-So-FUGLY) the ZS has been a bit underused. Needless to say the reoccurring battery drain has been more noticeable due to inactivity.
So I decided to poke around - cleaned contacts everywhere, undid and cleaned/greased earth points, you name it... then I thought I'd have a poke around under the dash.
Well ****** me! It was an old insurance tracker doing it! This poxy black box (that gave my mate cheaper insurance when he first got the car) was happily trying to contact the satellites 24/7, even though the insurance had long since moved to another supplier. I whipped the (badly wired in) inline fuse, and hey presto no battery drain!
Also discovered they must have broke the coin tray fixings by yanking it out and snapping the pegs off - GRRRR - lucky I don't use it!
I'll soon be going back to the ZS full time - so expect a few posts about stuff that will invariably need doing! LOL
So I decided to poke around - cleaned contacts everywhere, undid and cleaned/greased earth points, you name it... then I thought I'd have a poke around under the dash.
Well ****** me! It was an old insurance tracker doing it! This poxy black box (that gave my mate cheaper insurance when he first got the car) was happily trying to contact the satellites 24/7, even though the insurance had long since moved to another supplier. I whipped the (badly wired in) inline fuse, and hey presto no battery drain!
Also discovered they must have broke the coin tray fixings by yanking it out and snapping the pegs off - GRRRR - lucky I don't use it!
I'll soon be going back to the ZS full time - so expect a few posts about stuff that will invariably need doing! LOL