for sure before buying parts. its a 2000 bugeye wagon. cheers

 

firstly have you had a check done on the battery itself? does all the wiring on the car look good-no badly fitted gear added>?
have you checked alternator is charging properly...[might not be applicable if its only when left]
secondly check for current across the fuses with ignition off...things like relays can stick[heated mirrors etc]

hope this is a wee bit of help

 

As Arthur said, get the battery checked first. Any Autoshop should be able to confirm whether the battery is u/s or not.

 

cheers for the info. definitely not the battery as i fitted a new one two weeks prior to it draining. to check the voltage across the fuses when ignition is off.. not really clued up on how to do this. could i do this with a standard set of test lamps? if i haven;t done this before would u advise me putting it into a garage or is it pretty straight forward?
James

 

from a fully charged battery how long does your car last before its dead?

my car suffers from a similer issue if I dont use it withing 2 weeks its dead

tracker and alarms kill the battery

 

yeah that was 2 weeks by the time it drained.. surely this isn't right?

 

If you have a tracker, this will happen. I plug mine into a battery maintainer to keep it charged.

 

Agreed, my bug takes about 6 days to get the alarm shouting because the battery is low.

 

2 weeks is nothing, im 3 days with my escos...... bloody cliffords.
there is a leak down test for across fuses, on youtube. type it in and itll tell you which fused wiring is pulling the most current,