jerrymcc, Thanyou for your reply and your thoughts. Appreciate your assistance, happy motoring and Merry Christmas.

Best Regards,

Billda.

Hello Jerry, Bad news I am afraid. I took the car to a local dealer and explained the situation, basically he said it could take up to three figures to take this on and no guarantees. decided to cut my losses. I got a great deal on beleive it or not a Ford so I jumped at it!! It is a shame to give u...

Hi,jerrymcc, Answer to your question, is the multimeter (AVO) I am using is an analog meter with six ranges, 1mA to 10 Amps. This shows up the hunting very well. I have managed to get all the fuses checked, but still getting the same result. As they say in the States ' Tough excrement!!' Had the car...

Hi Jerry, thanks for your reply, Wee bit of language difficulty, yes AVO is the name we use for most of our multi meters measuring Amps,Volts and Ohms. I was trying to avoid fitting my AVO into the battery circuit to measure current so tried using the current clamp meter which I was assured would re...

Hi there, Managed to get new current clamp, readings were as before. Tried the same clamp at the same point and conditions on my sons audi a4 and beleive it or not the readings were virtually the same. Meanwhile my battery voltage has dropped from from 12.2 to 11.9 volts. this is it with no charging...

Managed to connect my inline meter Initial readings were 4.5 amps moving down to 200mA to 300mA within 20 seconds then cycling between these two levels. Removed fuses and relays one at a time from the boxes in the engine compartment and the boot. No change except when I removed the fuse#3 15amp in t...

Hi RS, Thanks again. yes I do need a suitable meter unfortunatly my Avo 10 only goes up to 10Amps and you have the problem of breaking into the line and if you have over 10A might damage the meter. I have carried a check on the alternator as per a web site and only using voltage readings. They look ...

Hi JRL, Thanks for your reply. Hope this gets to you as I am not too sure how to send a reply to the correct person. Took your advice and checked out associated cables and connectors as well as I could they all look in pretty good condition. A partial short is going to be quite difficult to nail dow...

Hi RS, Thanks for your prompt reply. I appreciate that the amp clamp i am using does not have the resolution on mA range (auto) trying to obtain more suitable model. No new items installed other than the new battery and I also started using a 12v/10a tyre inflator. The car has only done 34k miles an...

Hi, I am a new guy so please bear with me!! Had this S60 about 8 years now and no problems until this one.Couple of times the battery died on me for no particular reason not when travelling but after several days not in use(up to a week).Did an overnight trickle charge and was fine for another week ...