Problem with Battery!!!Help

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12-11-2006, 02:36 AM

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2000GT4.6

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

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ORIGINAL: monkeydude3

You have a wonderful thing called a parasitic drain. Usually can be very simple to find and fix.... or not.

Could be something as simple as a realy stuck in the 'on' position. What you'll have to do is find out the current draw on the battery when the key is off and you have everything off in the car. Then you start pulling fuses and see when it drops. When the current drops when you pull a fuse out, you have just found the problem circuit.

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Can be a real real bitch.

Sounds stupid, but there isn't a light staying on inside is there?

12-11-2006, 02:37 AM

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monkeydude3

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

I wonder if it's the dome light... with the lil **** stuck in the O N position

12-11-2006, 10:32 AM

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99blackout

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

nope no lights.....when we tried to jump it the only thing that worked was the dome light....

12-11-2006, 02:02 PM

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

You have a drain for sure. you dont have any subs do you??

12-11-2006, 02:34 PM

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Dan04COBRA

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

Don't even bother trying to guess right now.

Just follow monkeydude's suggestion & if that doesn't solve it, look into the alternator.

12-11-2006, 02:41 PM

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GreyStang

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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help

Well it's not the alternator if the car is dying while parked lol.

Yea monkeydude's advice should help track down your short. If you have access to an amp meter I'd also say take one of the battery leads off & stick the amp meter between the battery post & the loose cable & see how much current is passing through there when the motor os OFF and everything else is shut off. There should be hardly NO current (just a very little bit)