So Ive just removed fuse 48 which is for the fan. Im going to leavie it over night for a few days without driving it to see of the battery dies or not.

Again I noticed the webasto kicking in so that will be my next port of call should the battery not drain in the next few days.

Is this exactly what I need to do?

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[quote="X5Sport"] That grounding test is not really going to help you as it may be that the module for which fuse you just pulled uses a 'ground switch' to power down by breaking the earth side.  The live side will still be live.  Grounding that circuit could cause a power up and wakes the...

[quote="graemeX5"] I'm no expert and it may sound a bit stupid, but if your webasto is starting up, is it worth checking that your auxiliary heater /  webasto settings are all off and not due to come on at a specific time in the morning. iirc I think you can set it to come on and warm the ...

So heres an Update from my weekend checks..... I got hold of a draper test kit with spike end and earth wire. I sat in car and clicked the key fob twice to lock the car but disarm the alarm. I then proceeded to wait for it to go into "sleep" mode. The gear selector light went out, the nav ...

[quote="Sanj"] [quote="jaynana"] well done. i havent had a reason to touch that dreaded hedgehog yet but if my battery starts playing up i know where to go.. [/quote] Think the face-lifts don't suffer from the problem so much. [/quote] Ive a face lift and battery keeps draining. ...

If MOT MILEAGE AND VOSA MILEAGE MATCH THENU SHOULD BE FINE. HOWEVER ASK TO SEE ANY OLD MOT TO VERIFY YOUR VOSA PRINT OUT YOU TAKE WITH YOU.

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I powered down X5. Checked fuses and there were loads still with power...
I noted fuses for alarms and expected those but out of 60 fuses 28 were powered while car was in sleep mode.

I'm doing the fuse check now. Should I allow for the fact the glove box light is on so not count the power to the fuse?

She does goto sleep. No extra devices fitted. AA guy did his check before it went into sleep mode. After 16 mins my gear selector light goes off. Only light flashing is red immo light under rear view centre mirror. Any idea what fuse to start pulling. I presume I have to fully charge it again. Then ...

Just charged battery and then turned car off. Fan is behaving as it should. Any other suggestion on drain?

Hi All, Hope you guys are well. I just went to start my car yesterday for work and the battery was dead. I charged it. Drive it to work fine. No issues. Finished work a out 6 hours later drove it home and again this morning a dead battery. Key fob won't open door so had to open manually. Now I had t...

My Indy is aa general good mechanic. He has worked on alot of cars and I think when he quoted me for my service, he thought it was the same as servicing a 03-06 5 series. Anyway job doen and he changed the vortex breather. Im slightly annoyed that I bought the whole housing as opposed to just the lo...

Thank you all for your help. Got it all done now. Paid £60 for 3 hours labour and supplied parts myself. Alot cheaper them BMW serVice cost. Changed: Air filter Oil filter Fuel filter Pollen filter Oil drained and changed Brakes bleeded. And if course all lights reset. Again thank you all for advice...

Thanks. Found it.

Your comment is a fair one. This Indy appears to not have done an X5 before.