I have a 97 "R" 2.0 CDx (auto) and the ignition light comes on when the ignition is switched off. It goes out when the ignition is switched on.
Weirder..It gets slightly brighter when the gear shift is moved from P or N to any gear selection,
It goes out when the engine is running. (after I've charged the battery again)
I've pulled out every fuse and relay I can find and still have no joy in isolating the fault. There is a 4.9 amp drain on the battery with all fuses (that I can find) pulled out. This is measured with a multimeter in-line between the negative battery terminal and the battery earth cable.
Next I disconnected the smaller diameter cable bolted to the lug on the thicker battery -ve cable and checked the current drain on those independently. Following results........
1) There's a 300mA drain on the cable that goes up and to the right and into the main wiring loom. These are all brown wires so must be earth returns from the main wiring loom.
2) There's 4.6A drain on the cable with the lug on it that seems to go off into the engine bay.
I have the Haynes manual and it is not very good. Actually it's crap. The wiring diagram shows some 60A and 30A "MAXI" fuses(at least that's what I think they are called but the Haynes manual is so bad I cannot read it. I think it is made with recycled toilet paper). Anyway it states these MAXI fuses are in the relay boxes in the engine bay. There are allegedly 6 of these and I can only find two 30A in a box with 1 other relay at the front right of the engine bay. Looks like they are for the radiator fans. I found another box with 6 relays and one on top of the ABS with 3 relays but no more fuses.
The only way I can get the battery to charge is to disconnect it before connecting the charger.
If anybody can help by suggesting the cause of this I'd be very grateful. And any idea where those fuses are in the engine bay.
Thanks in advance.
Weirder..It gets slightly brighter when the gear shift is moved from P or N to any gear selection,
It goes out when the engine is running. (after I've charged the battery again)
I've pulled out every fuse and relay I can find and still have no joy in isolating the fault. There is a 4.9 amp drain on the battery with all fuses (that I can find) pulled out. This is measured with a multimeter in-line between the negative battery terminal and the battery earth cable.
Next I disconnected the smaller diameter cable bolted to the lug on the thicker battery -ve cable and checked the current drain on those independently. Following results........
1) There's a 300mA drain on the cable that goes up and to the right and into the main wiring loom. These are all brown wires so must be earth returns from the main wiring loom.
2) There's 4.6A drain on the cable with the lug on it that seems to go off into the engine bay.
I have the Haynes manual and it is not very good. Actually it's crap. The wiring diagram shows some 60A and 30A "MAXI" fuses(at least that's what I think they are called but the Haynes manual is so bad I cannot read it. I think it is made with recycled toilet paper). Anyway it states these MAXI fuses are in the relay boxes in the engine bay. There are allegedly 6 of these and I can only find two 30A in a box with 1 other relay at the front right of the engine bay. Looks like they are for the radiator fans. I found another box with 6 relays and one on top of the ABS with 3 relays but no more fuses.
The only way I can get the battery to charge is to disconnect it before connecting the charger.
If anybody can help by suggesting the cause of this I'd be very grateful. And any idea where those fuses are in the engine bay.
Thanks in advance.