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Some of you may have seen a post from me a few weeks ago regarding a battery drain issue. Long story short - I put a new UPC in (albeit a used one) and replaced the battery and everything seemed to be okay. Now it has just tonight starting playing up again. The headlights and fan keep coming on...

Just had a thought, may be completely unrelated but literally the day before I started having these electrical difficulties, this little spring fell down from the cavity behind the dials/steering wheel into the drivers footwell while I was driving. Anybody know what it could do? And if it may...

Yeah that was my thought to be honest. Might get the oil change done, as it won’t cost too much and will be a positive selling point and will help it sell quicker even if it won’t add value. I’ll leave the belt, I suppose by leaving them the buyer may have better peace of mind getting it done by...

Will be putting my car up for sale shortly to make way for me new BMW M140i :smile: It’s a 2009 197 with 62,000 miles. The cambelt has never been changed (as far as I know) and it is due an oil change. Is it worth me doing it before sale, had some quotes and will cost me circa £500 to get both...

Thanks for the advice

I haven't tried to air con to be honest. Seems strange that there are two fuses/loads both drawing fault current of ~1A with the ignition off. Not to mention the additional 0.5A I am yet to find. Damp UCH certainly seems to be a legit explantion, although I would obviously not like that to be...

Also these are the things covered by the fuses that were drawing almost 2A collectively: F5 & F6

I have only checked it by putting a multimeter on the battery with the engine running and got a healthy reading. I'm not really sure how to "disconnect" the alternator from the battery to check its not drawing with the ignition off. Anyone know?

My car has recently developed a problem of the battery draining rapidly. She hasn't seen much use recently as I now have a company vehicle for my commute and there was also a knocking sound coming from the wheel which turned out to be 4 loose bolts courtesy of my local MOT tester - but we won't...

Thanks for the info guys, think I will give it a go. ill let you know how I get on!

Was scared you were going to say that ha! Presumably means it requires disconnecting the steering rack and ARB from hubs also

Thanks for the input guys. When you say "drop" the subframe. Do you mean remove it or just lower it? @A1axx @J90RDN

I am thinking about having a go at changing my gearbox myself. How difficult is it? I am practically minded person but admittidely not the most experienced with cars. Most difficult task I've accomplished thus far is changing my front shocks on my 197. If someone could give me a quick run down...

Thanks, good to know!

Anyone notice any negative handling effects of spacing their wheels? Or positive, for that matter!