lawler999

Had no problems with my battery since I fitted the remote battery isolator , will do some more investigation when the weather gets better as to where my drain could be coming from , but it's nice to know I can leave it for months if I want and it will start when needed .

I just couldn't be bothered to take mine in 😂

I agree with mr2lad , your first post on here and your basically putting others down , and then proclaiming to be the saviour of the lexus sc430 . You put lexus on the map ,and helped put the prices up to what they are today 🤣 Next you will be telling us you can cure cancer and turn water into wine .

Congratulations on your purchase , let's see some piccies then

I'll have a word with Juan and find out .

Here's the link for the one I bought if anyones interested . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225741715521?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=57riy_92qve&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=484skHs8RUe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Not used the car for a couple of days , battery was showing 12.7v today when I went out this morning , fuel trims having to be re learnt is a bit of a pain as you can see the mpg is lower but I can live with that .

Always fancied an XK myself , lovely shape , more pics please

I think the auto position is when the column goes in when you take the key out and then resets to the same position when you get back in the car . Techstream should be able to disable the auto function , so you can still manually set the column to where you want it using the buttons and it stays where it is unless you move it yourself .

Battery was fine again today . Car idled OK and shifted OK considering everything had been isolated parameters relearned . I will disable the automatic steering column using techstream as that's a bit of a pain .

Where's the alarm battery back up battery ? That would be protected by one of the fuses in the fuse boxes though so would show up on my tester , still worth disconnecting though .

The one you have showed from halfords is a mechanical isolator switch so you have got to lift the bonnet everytime you want to isolate the battery . This is what I have fitted , it works from a small remote fob. Yes it will isolate your alarm as well , it will isolate everything on the car , these cars just do not get pinched , let's face it most people don't know what they are and they don't make a good getaway car with only 2 doors 😉

I agree finding the parasitic draw would be better but I bought one of these https://cpc.farnell.com/tenma/ten01047/automotive-current-tester-mini/dp/IN05470 and tested every fuse in the car , I tricked the car into thinking the doors were closed and like I said earlier I could only find a 20 milliamp draw. The tool I used seemed to work as i could see the draw on the circuits drop to zero as the car went to sleep . I have heard that you can get a parasitic draw outside of the fuses , like direct from the alternator, but I can't see how , I thought everything on a car went through a fuse ? I have also removed an old tracker that was previously fitted to the car and also removed the alarm sensor under the gear shifter ( which Paul Frost suggested) . I understand the car will have to relearn certain things after being shut down for a few days but that's something I'm going to have to put up with at this moment in time . https://youtu.be/r7m2xiVn_i4?si=lZlHsvntX0RrjzD8

After 5 years ownership and at least 3 good quality batteries I decided to try and find out why my car battery goes flat after being left for a few days especially in the winter . I tried looking for parasitic drain by pulling the fuses one at a time and could only find a 20 milliamp drain , this is supposed to be perfectly acceptable , anything over 50 milliamps is not . So I either went along the battery tender route or battery isolator. I opted for the later and bought a remote battery isolator. It was less than £20 and thought I'll give one a try.I installed it the other day and although it's early days it seems to work perfectly. It's basically a solenoid switch that goes between the negative post on the battery and the battery negative cable . It completely isolates your battery from the car , so your alarm will not work unless you wire it directly to the battery posts . Well after only one night I can tell it works a treat I tested my battery today and it was showing 12.9 , this is that high its still showing the surface charge .

Neil's car is definitely not stock . And is definitely one of a kind , in a real nice way . 152 miles in a year , that's probably lower than what Nick has done in his 🤣