GO TO POST #19 FOR THE HOW-TO. For the story of the shade-tree mechanic w/o a clue , read all the posts!
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...9&postcount=19
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The Bentley manual says to detach the battery ground cable and attached a test light between the negative terminal and the now detached ground cable. If the test light is on, then you have a parasitic draw.
I did this test, and I pulled every fuse and relay one-by-one. The light stayed on. Then I detached the wires from the starter and the alternator. Light stayed on. The only thing left to try is to remove the gauge cluster.
Before I go to all that trouble, I just want to check to see if anyone else has had luck tracking down a drain with this method.
I've got some kind of strange draw that allows me to start the car OK even after 2 days of not driving it. But after about 4 days, the battery is so dead that when I hook up my trickle charger, it doesn't even recognize that it's attached to the battery. If I leave the charger connected, the battery does fully charge up overnight. I've driven the car for long road trips without any electrical issues. The AAA guy hooked up his tester to the car, and he showed no drain on the battery with the car shut off.
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...9&postcount=19
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The Bentley manual says to detach the battery ground cable and attached a test light between the negative terminal and the now detached ground cable. If the test light is on, then you have a parasitic draw.
I did this test, and I pulled every fuse and relay one-by-one. The light stayed on. Then I detached the wires from the starter and the alternator. Light stayed on. The only thing left to try is to remove the gauge cluster.
Before I go to all that trouble, I just want to check to see if anyone else has had luck tracking down a drain with this method.
I've got some kind of strange draw that allows me to start the car OK even after 2 days of not driving it. But after about 4 days, the battery is so dead that when I hook up my trickle charger, it doesn't even recognize that it's attached to the battery. If I leave the charger connected, the battery does fully charge up overnight. I've driven the car for long road trips without any electrical issues. The AAA guy hooked up his tester to the car, and he showed no drain on the battery with the car shut off.
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