Battery Issues

[Dave_J]

If you were to leave your saxo standing in a garage, everything off, alarm not on, car unlocked. How long would you expect your battery to last for??

I used to have a problem of it only lasting 4 days, then it decided it would start lasting 2 wks even with alarm on. Now recently, with alarm off, it has given up after only a week.

Its doing my head in

anybody got any ideas on what it could be. A while back i had a flickering battery light issue and when i went to auto elec guy he said alternator was fine and charging ok, light was coming on because the 2 thin wires coming out of it were chaffed, he sorted it and light went out. Could this have caused a problem that i have not noticed??

thanks in advance

[sy_VTR]

get a new battery pal

[Dave_J]

it's newish. 18-24 months i think

its a diesel battery to

car harldy gets used. could this cause problems?

[hesslevtr]

if its not getting used yeah it will go flat

[Dave_J]

dont you feel that a week is a bit quick though, even 2 weeks i think is quick

[hesslevtr]

is a little especially as you said it wasnt conected so theres nothing to drain it

mines till on standard battery and used to sit around for 2 weeks sometimes conected and always started first time

[jarroyo]

as i don't use my car much i start it (and run it) for 20 mins a day to keep the battery life up, now in garage with battery disconnected.

[Predator_R32p]

check the battery plates are covered with water mate

[Tobs]

get a new battery the plates inside might be breaking apart this can cause batterys to lose there charge faster and the battery can never reach the full charge it could have when new so theres no point trying to charge it loads

or your battery needs some topping up, is your battery a solid cover or removable cover? if it removeable then open up the vent plugs on the top and poor small amount of mineral water in. or get it tested out with a float gauge and that will tell you if the acid inside is naff or not

i would just get new battery cause you can get a few problems with batterys sometimes and if the plates are breaking down then the battery isnt gunna be great for the rest of its life.