Anyone had any experience of battery drain on there Escort cossie who may be able to help me out and give me the first places to start.

I know its like finding a needle in a haystack but if anyone has had it and found the cause please let me know.

Im going to get a multi meter and pull the fuses 1 by 1 then look at the circuit what is causing the drain but it can be time consuming.

Any help

Please

 

yep mine also goes flat when i leave it for a while. So i just leave my optimax on and its fine.

 

faulty fan switch on bottom passenger side of radiator will be faulty allowing the fan to over run or stay on permanantly. would put money on it. about Ł9 to replace iirc worth changing even if it isnt that.

 

Would you not hear the fan running?

Has the car got an alarm etc?

 

my bro's escos will drain the battery in 5 or 6 days if not left on the battery optimiser. my saff can be left for a month or so no problems. wierd eh? must have the same problem i bet mate. let me know if you find the cause lol.

 

is the glovebox light not faulty on escorts? i may be wrong but its worth checking

 

The same with mine couple of days & it goes flat! so just put it on trickle charge .

I think its my tracker back up battery thats fooked, but reading this i don't no now, it seems common.
Fan switch has been changed not long ago & fan kicks in & out as it should.So it's not that.

 

mine is due to an old tracker battery.it drains the car one in a few days.we had the same on a saff we had so it was removed and was fine.but i dont want it taken out of the escort

 

i had my bootlight comming on because i don't slam it shut it was staying on and draining the battery by accident,it never totally flattenend the battery though.
i have noticed the fan sometimes doesn't want to switch off totally,i turn the fan hard to the left and it switches off but sometimes it can creep back on when i'm inside it,could be because it hardly gets used. I always remove my earth lead and leave the car with no battery connected and have no probs,just connect it back up and fire it up.

 

Yep my Escos does the same drains the battery to zero within a few days Now i just disconnect it if i am not going to use it for a couple of days!!

 

A friend had the same problem with his tracker, My car has a tracker that is activated.

The fans come on as soon as the ignition switch is turned on.

When i put it on the battery charger after approx 15mins the needle jumps down to the empty battery signs and does this for approx 20sec then will jump back to full battery symbol then it just repeats the cycle.

Any more ideas

 

Bootlight is very very common on Escos's for causing battery drain.

As a quick test, whip the bulb out for a week and see if it still goes flat...

 

i think its one of them parts of the car that don't get lubed up or the contact goes iffy due to age and lack of use.
glad me and Will are on the ball like

 

How long does it take for the battery to discharge? If takes a week then will be a small draw most likely the aforementioned boot light.

Martin.

 

it takes 2 days to fully discharge.

Following on from the above threads can anyone pm me who i disconnect the tracker just to see if it is that what maybe making the battery die in 2 days

 

2 days and the battery is completely flat.

Anybody know how i can disconnect the tracker just to see if it is the problem.

Pm please

 

you wont be able too unless you know where it is.my electrical guy ripped half the car apart to find it. but th etracker battery needs replacing by the sound of it.they need servicing every few years

 

2 days and the battery is completely flat.

Anybody know how i can disconnect the tracker just to see if it is the problem.

Pm please