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Imojsimpsun
07-06-2012, 12:12 PM
Yesterday my car wouldnt start in the morning after 50 miles of driving on the new motor the night before.

Imojsimpsun
07-06-2012, 12:14 PM
I replaced the battery and pulled the negetive terminal over night and this morning it was dead again. I drove it all hesterday as well

ka4life87
07-06-2012, 02:23 PM
If u have a current draw, u obviously need to figure out what it is which is easier said than done. Disconnect ur positive battery terminal and install an ammeter in between and see how much the car is drawing, then comes the fun part :rolleyes: start pulling fuses until u see ur amperage go down to figure out whats causing the current draw

chuki.s13.coupe.
07-06-2012, 02:46 PM
Check your alternator.

Imojsimpsun
07-06-2012, 03:33 PM
Altenator was replaced 2 days ago. I did blow a 75 amp fuse thats on the passanger side fuse box. I replaced it for now with a cable jumping both ends together waiting for the fuse to come in from nissan. Could that be the reason for it constantly getting power? Im not electrical savy at all.

Danial
07-11-2012, 09:26 AM
Not electric savy you say?

You blew a 75A fuse, thats pretty big. I get paranoid blowing 30A fuses as to whats going on in an electrical system. Take it to a shop

Darren
07-11-2012, 09:41 AM
You should remove that wire immediately... there's a reason fuses blow... they provide a weak point so that if the power shorts, it'll blow the weak point instead of burning down your car (and your house if it's in the garage)

Sounds like you have a serious short somewhere...

Danial
07-11-2012, 09:58 AM
You should remove that wire immediately... there's a reason fuses blow... they provide a weak point so that if the power shorts, it'll blow the weak point instead of burning down your car (and your house if it's in the garage)

Sounds like you have a serious short somewhere...

Agreed, i totally missed that jumper wire on the first read through. Sounds like the worst idea ever, remove it now.

Have you tried just replacing the fuse you blew?

Imojsimpsun
07-11-2012, 09:52 PM
I dis as one point and blew that one too. I actually know somebody who has that fuse area actually sauderes togeter which is the stupidest thing ive ever seen but
Its working find. I ordered a new fuse and am waiting for it to come in.

godsmack
07-12-2012, 07:08 PM
if you disconnected your battery and it still died then your problem is the battery. even if its a new battery it's not impossible to get a bad battery new. if you disconnected the negative terminal you should've still killed any possibility of it draining. as for the fuse yea i'd really be careful with that. i would check for continuity where you have that wire. if its shorted you could start a fire and thats not a fun time.