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kevmeistah21
10-11-2009, 04:59 PM
So my battery dies if my car is off within a 2-4 hour period. I tested multiple batteries from other cars and a new one for mine, they all die within 2-4 hours.. What could be my problem? I know for a fact that my trunk light stays on no matter what but i had that problem for a while before this was happening, and it never died on me.. This start maybe about 2 months ago, what could be the problem? Thanks you!
ELF240
10-11-2009, 06:56 PM
Do you got a way to check battery voltage? If so try hookin it up to the battery and start pulling fuses till the volts stop going down...if you get what I'm sayin
negrosx13
10-11-2009, 07:20 PM
sounds like a parasitic drain..
go with a digi volt meter and do what he^^ said pull fuses still the volts stop dropping.
kevmeistah21
10-11-2009, 10:55 PM
yea i have one of those battery chargers that can read voltage and alternator thing of magij.. Can you guys explain in further detail on what i should do, i kinda don't understand. so basically run my car, and pull one fuse at a time and see if check for any voltage drops? shouldn't i look for voltage increase since im pulling it out?
lilrusty
10-11-2009, 11:16 PM
whoa!! same thing happened to me about a year ago. had a short to my wiper motor. pain is the ass but found it and fixed it. voltaged dropped when i pulled out fuse from fuse box. dont understand why but problem fixed....
kevmeistah21
10-12-2009, 12:01 AM
wordd, i'm gonna do this tomorrow and see whats up.
ELF240
10-12-2009, 12:41 AM
To make it simple hook up that thing to with the car off..start pulling fuses till you see the voltage stay stable..and with that trunk light try unpluging it it could be it maybe
GSXRJJordan
10-12-2009, 01:17 AM
sounds like a parasitic drain..
go with a digi volt meter and do what he^^ said pull fuses still the volts stop dropping.

This is exactly what I would do. If you can't figure it out, PM me, and you can roll down to my place and I'll test out for ya.
kevmeistah21
10-12-2009, 09:00 AM
To make it simple hook up that thing to with the car off..start pulling fuses till you see the voltage stay stable..and with that trunk light try unpluging it it could be it maybe

i've pulled out the trunk light and nothing really changed, but we'll see after today.

This is exactly what I would do. If you can't figure it out, PM me, and you can roll down to my place and I'll test out for ya.

most def :)