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Also is there a regulator on the battery/alternator, I assume there is but could not find it. On another car I used to own, regulators were a common problem and if your battery drained it was a good idea to ''feel'' the regulator to see if it was warm. If warm, it was broken. Not sure if it is the same setup on a Subaru, but most probably is. From what I am told the alternators are pretty sturdy and do not die too easily, always pays to check the regulator first. Thanks

Thanks, yes it appeared to only gain charge but would not kick the starter over enough. I put in a new battery. I see many people posting at times saying after a new battery the car will stall. This happens to me everytime I disconnect the terminals as it must reset the computer. Best thing is to drive the car for about 30km and it relearns the idle.... eventually, it can be a pain in the city.

Hi all I am from Australia, I might have something to add out of interest here. 2006MY06 Forester NA 2.5 - The car turned a little sluggishly on startup yesterday, which I noticed, so the problem has drained battery or battery itself has drained over 2 -3 days. Started up this morning, hardly turned then clicking. Checked volts - 9.4 removed neg terminal - did amp test but not a proper one with 16 gauge wire, just a bogus test to see if my multi meter was working - got 228 ma, which from posts above I assume is normal for an incorrect drain test. reconnected battery, went and had a coffe looked on the internet etc etc half an hour later just decided to get a final reading on battery volts- 10. 4 volts... hmm battery is rejuvinating itself? Maybe good after all. Went and had a smoke, couple more coffess, looked on the internet some more. I then decided to do another check, surely my previous checks were wrong,, battery reading 12.2 volts... hmm it really is rejuvenating. Either way I have never seen a dud battery revive itself, which leads me to beleive the battery is ok? Car still did not have enough juice to turn the engine over, though it turn do a couple of sluggish turns but not enough. Only thing I did was disconnect the neg terminal, all I can think of is: --that it reset the computer, and maybe the computer had a short in it (bug) causing a drain? or --Battery broken - sitting around normal voltage -- usless under load. Will be interesting to see if the battery charges itself to turn car over , but I kind of doubt it, and I am leaning towards, the second diagnosis, of broke battery.