EGR install Killed Battery?
02-06-2008, 10:03 PM
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EGR install Killed Battery?
Changed my EGR valve.....I did it without disconnecting the battery. The next morning I wake up, the car was dead...
Charged the battery.......next morning, dead again.
Had it checked at Autozone.....it came up "Bad Battery" I replaced the battery, and I am wondering if it will be dead tomorrow when I wake up?!?
Question, did I blow the battery out somehow during the install? Or is there another problem in there that will kill my new battery too??
Ideas?
Charged the battery.......next morning, dead again.
Had it checked at Autozone.....it came up "Bad Battery" I replaced the battery, and I am wondering if it will be dead tomorrow when I wake up?!?
Question, did I blow the battery out somehow during the install? Or is there another problem in there that will kill my new battery too??
Ideas?
02-06-2008, 10:11 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
I don't have a hoodlight.....but when I found the car dead, the parking lights were on...
I got in the car to see if they were on, but they were off. I switched them on, and they got brighter. When I shut them off, they were still on....but very dim.
I think that it had something to do with the alarm, but I think that is because the battery was dead. After all, Autozone tested the battery (3x times) as BAD.....
But I am wondering if I killed it? Is it possible to kill a battery that way?
I got in the car to see if they were on, but they were off. I switched them on, and they got brighter. When I shut them off, they were still on....but very dim.
I think that it had something to do with the alarm, but I think that is because the battery was dead. After all, Autozone tested the battery (3x times) as BAD.....
But I am wondering if I killed it? Is it possible to kill a battery that way?
02-06-2008, 10:12 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
no an egr valve replacement will mot cause a parasitic drain......if it's dead in the morning again... you need to get a multimeter and set it to amps and remove the neg battery cable and hook the meter in series and check the draw at rest... 25-50 milliamp draw at rest and no more.. above that and you have a drain and need to find out what circuit it is on
02-06-2008, 10:14 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
ORIGINAL: CantStopTheFox...
I don't have a hoodlight.....but when I found the car dead, the parking lights were on...
I got in the car to see if they were on, but they were off. I switched them on, and they got brighter. When I shut them off, they were still on....but very dim.
I think that it had something to do with the alarm, but I think that is because the battery was dead. After all, Autozone tested the battery (3x times) as BAD.....
But I am wondering if I killed it? Is it possible to kill a battery that way?
I don't have a hoodlight.....but when I found the car dead, the parking lights were on...
I got in the car to see if they were on, but they were off. I switched them on, and they got brighter. When I shut them off, they were still on....but very dim.
I think that it had something to do with the alarm, but I think that is because the battery was dead. After all, Autozone tested the battery (3x times) as BAD.....
But I am wondering if I killed it? Is it possible to kill a battery that way?
02-06-2008, 10:19 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
They took it dead, and charged if for an hour (their recommendation).
Initially when they tested it, it said OK.5 minutes later, it said BAD. Then I had them run it a few more times and it was BAD every time...
Would plugging/unplugging the EGR without diconnecting the battery send a surge or something that killed the battery? It seems too convenient that the battery died after I was done with it
Initially when they tested it, it said OK.5 minutes later, it said BAD. Then I had them run it a few more times and it was BAD every time...
Would plugging/unplugging the EGR without diconnecting the battery send a surge or something that killed the battery? It seems too convenient that the battery died after I was done with it
02-06-2008, 10:33 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
ORIGINAL: mjr46
no the egr valve is vaccum controlled!! the sensor that is mounted on there on carries a 5 volt reference signal and it is a egr pintle position sensor
no the egr valve is vaccum controlled!! the sensor that is mounted on there on carries a 5 volt reference signal and it is a egr pintle position sensor
What do you think about the parking lights (that I mentioned earlier)? Is that something that was triggered by the alarm running with a dead battery? I never seen that before...
02-06-2008, 10:39 PM
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RE: EGR install Killed Battery?
personally I've never seen alarms cause anything but havoc...I'd pull it out...it's a good possibility it has a internal short and is what's causing the drain... seen it well more than once with aftermarket alarms on cars
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