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[Stealthee]

If there is a dad short then YES it could be causing an extreme drain. A few weeks ago my speed sensor shorted on me. When I was trying to diagnose the issue I ended up running out of 15a fuses (because the turn fuse is what was blowing) so I had to use a 30a , yes I know not smart but it did help me find the issue. Basically when I turned the key to on my volt gauge was showing 11 volts, then I saw the smoke rolling from the speed sensor. After I unhooked the speed sensor all was well. Try unplugging the headlight harnesses if you truely believe thats the issue.

[carguyvr4]

AS bad as this sounds I'm not completely prepared for this type of problem.. anywhere i can get diagrams for all this i have some but they aren't all of what i need

[carguyvr4]

Alright so i went up today to go look at my car.. the batt held a charge over night, it read about 12.22 then settle around 11.60v.. but it still wouldnt start the car that seemed a lil strange to me... key off and all the battery read good volts but couldnt crank?.... that was also with the fuse inside the car for the headlights n locks was out.... i jumped the car it ran for a bit then died liek usual cuz it drained the batt... i unpluged the left and right headlights but that would only tell me if it was pulling after the connectors right? when i put the fuse back in the volts droped from 11.2 down ta around 9v which tells me its draining from the headlights somewhere... but the fuse didnt burn out? someone tell me what i should be looking at .. and do you know where the connector is straight out the harness for the headlights?

[Stealthee]

If I remember right the connector off the main harness is down on the drivers side right before the core support. Best bet is to just start following the wires. Along the tracing of the wires you may run into the culprit.

[carguyvr4]

Hey by the way what did you mean but getting the ECU Recapped? you mean like reflashing or what? kinda lsot me on that one

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by carguyvr4

Hey by the way what did you mean but getting the ECU Recapped? you mean like reflashing or what? kinda lsot me on that one

What he means by "recapping" is replacing the capacitors in your ECU. The first gens were prone to bursting and then leaking. This can cause all sorts of strange issues. It is a cheap thing to have done. Hell, you can buy the CAPs and do it yourself if you're handy with a soldering iron but there are plenty of people willing to do it for you.

[carguyvr4]

I had a feeling it had something to do with capacitors.. how much am i looking at?

[carguyvr4]

so there is a wire that comes fof the pos. battery terminal that goes to the 120Amp fuseible link..... when i ake that off the volts on the batt stop dropping... but when i put it on it starts droping again.. then when i plu in the fuse inside the car for the locks n lights it goes from 11.6 down to 9 n drops from there..... what am i looking at?

[Stealthee]

Well unhooking that wire means a connection is lost for the alt so the alt cant charge at all.

There is definitely a dead short somewhere.