Quote Originally Posted by Grayfox View Post
You're talking about the EP series hatch.
From 2006-2011 it was the FK(5 door) and FN(3 door) chassis.
The FK2 and FN1 had the R18A2 engine

A parasitic draw is when something is drawing power from the battery when it shouldn't be in other words acting like a parasite and draining power from the battery.

To test, firsly make sure your multi meter is set to the AMPs scale and probes are in the sockets for testing AMPS (DO NOT SET IT TO THE MILLIAMPS or mA) and turn on.
the remove the ground cable, attach a multimeter probe to the cable and touch the other probe to the negative battery post.

It should spike to a amp or so then go down as the ECU goes into sleep mode and the lights turn off.
If the current draw is higher than 0.05Amps or 50mA if your multi meter is auto ranging you may have a parasitic draw issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1gijj03_0
Thanks for the info but I'm talking about the EU series not ep or any other series. But your comment is on general terms anyway. Battery seems fine as we've done a test.

Definite know it's not battery as we Got the car started last night in one shot. But we are unsure why it won't and will start intermittently. Im leaning towards starter motor almost on its way. Can this unit die slowly or does it just die straight away?

One the other note, anyone know if the parts are interchangeable?