Ever since I bought a Punto for using to work daily my Jag sits Mon - Fri with only light use at the weekends. Unfortunately the battery keeps going flat and I've had to buy a power station for jumping it.
Is this normal ?

 

What year is your jag

 

2001 3.0l V6. 47,000 miles.

 

Well, i'm gonna guess it's the orginal battery?? If so, it's 6 years old?...and a good life it had too....time to put it to rest kit.

On an average, the life span of a battery is 4-5 years. Some will go past that, but you will be asking for trouble...I'm gonna guess your dead battery issues are due to your battery wanting off life support.

If, on the other hand the battery is fairly new, I would do a draw test. This is where you disconnect the positive post and use a test light (or multi meter) in seires with the positive post. If the test light lights, you have a good 12 volt draw which indicates a dome light, trunk light, or maybe even a short in the sytem somewhere is killing your battery.......

Hope this helps..

 

It could be your alternator not charging your battery, but I don't want to traumatize you either!

 

That's a posibility......i rather have a bad battery...400 for new alternator or 100 for battery......hmmmmmm if it was me and that was my car...I'd say i have to trade her in for a new one......but hey, that's just me...

 

Are you serious ? Trade in because of a flat battery ? I think I joined the wrong forum.

 

OMG
Dude....ah, never mind...i'll leave it alone...
What about the battery problem there slick....how old id it?
(probably as old as your sense of humor)[:-]

 

Just reeling you in bro, reeling you in . Lol

Checked my battery connections and the pos+ was a wee bitloose. Don't know if it will make any difference but we'll see shortly. Have been using it all weekend to see what happens.
Booked in for heater valve replacement and expansion tank renewal so the last thing I need is a new battery to pay for.

 

HA HA! Racer, he got your blood flowing! LOL! A loose terminal could definetely be a problem, but it depends on how loose it was. S-types don't take but a AAA duracell battery to start them so a slightly loose terminal should start the car right up! With the loose terminal were you getting anything lighting up on the dash!

 

No but a couple of times when I've put the key in there's been nothing, no noise, nothing. I'll give it a go today and see what happens.
Sorry Racer couldn't resist it . Lol

 

Lol..I fall for it everytime....dam...
No worries mate..I'm cool with it....I busted a few ***** here and there and when my get put in the vise...i just scream and cry like a little school girl....lol

A lose terminal will definently do it....but it sounds like your battery is gonna go to the nice place where all the good batteries go.....

 

Since checking my battery post last week it's starting piece o ****. Hopefully that was the problem.

 

Any change in battery?\

 

Seems to be charging fine now. I guess the loose post wasn't letting it re-charge . Touch wood.