Hi all, My GTC has just gone through it's major and had a new battery fitted. Problem is, after a week left sitting with the alarm on the car is dead as a dodo. Will restart with a jump no problem it's just a major pain in the backside. Any ideas? Is this a fault or just typical? Has the std Ferrari UK immobiliser/alarm setup. All stock. Should I just disconnect the battery under the hood and just let it idle for 10 minutes etc to reset the ECU or is there some other issue? I should say it did this before the major, so not related. Cheers, Neil
I don't remember having this problem when I owned a 348, but if I don't keep my 6.0 plugged into a trickle charger, the battery will drain if the car is sitting. Why not stick a trickler on it?
THen, Kill switch, right? Only reason I don't use it is I don't want to have to reboot all the computerized stuff each time.
Pull out your friendly amp-meter (ammeter) from RadioShack ($30) and attach it to your battery. Note the current being drawn when your car is parked. Now remove half of your relays from your passenger footwell and re-check your ammeter. Is the draw less? Repeat this for the other half of your relays in the passenger footwell, then do the same for the relays under the felt liner in the front trunk. You should see one group of relays make a dramatic change in the current being drawn. Once you have the right group of relays, you can insert half of them and recheck...continuing this process until you find one or more relays that really impact the draw from your battery. Pretty soon you'll know the circuit(s) most responsible for draining your battery, without spending money on Ferrari parts or guessing at the problem (or ignoring it!).
