Battery Problems

[alexx]

i bought my r33 gts about a month ago, the battery was stuffed, so i bought a new one. about 2 weeks later the new battery started playing up and seems to be draining itself if i dont start it for a day, ive checked everything that could be draining it but all i can find is the secruity light that flashes when the car is locked.

any ideas why the batterys draining.?

[blind_elk]

Have you checked that the alternator is charging correctly? If the regulator in the alternator is not working correctly, the battery will be overcharged and die.

[alexx]

i havnt got around to that yet.

how do i check that and know if its stuffed.?

[Radioham]

Take it to the workshop they prob can tell u in a second and free.

[30detkiwi]

also when you got ur keys in hand,pop the ecu kick panel off and see if the ecu is on or off.

i had same problem with my battery going flat after not driving it 4 5 days,was because the ecu was hard wired to battery,

solution,put switch between bat and ecu,also good 4 random switch in-case sum1 trys to whip your RB

[alexx]

just wanted to give an update on my problem, i forgot to mention that the car hasnt been going anywhere as its unregestered, so i thought maybe this could be causing the problem.

also i took the battery out and charged it up over night put it back in, it worked fine for about three days now im getting the same problem..

im really assuming its just cause the the cars not going anywhere so the battery drains itself, but it could be somthing else

thanks for the help so far.

[mad082]

have a look in the yellow pages for a mobile autoelectrician. they should be able to come and diagnose the problem for a small fee and much more accurately than we can over the internet.