new batteries die very quickly NOT ALTERNATOR

mlaws · #1 01-05-2005, 01:08 PM

after new alternator, new computor board and fuses checked I still have a dead battery after a day has gone by without running the car. Seems to be worse in cold weather. 3 different places are unable to find the problem.... Must fix myself Im resently unemployed

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

TorinoGT69 · #2 01-05-2005, 01:43 PM

Describe your problem further do you get any power from the battery or is everything just dead till you jump it?

public · #3 01-06-2005, 06:06 PM

You have a bad connection SOMEWHERE.

mlaws · #4 01-07-2005, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mlaws

after new alternator, new computor board and fuses checked I still have a dead battery after a day has gone by without running the car. Seems to be worse in cold weather. 3 different places are unable to find the problem.... Must fix myself Im resently unemployed

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

To discribe further.....Hmmm....There have been a few times that when I opened the door to get in and the interier and dash lights seemed dead. (MY dash lights go on when I open the door) I then tried to start and NOTHING. After leaving the car and returning the interier lights WOULD work but there wouldnt be enough battery to start the car......THEN I would come back with cables open the door again and no lights again....ARRRRRG!!!!!!!

a. There is some drain on the battery that noone can seem to find.
b. The interier and dash lights seem to indicate when the problem is going to accure.

Q? Should my dash lights be going on when I open the door?

dwalmop · #5 01-07-2005, 10:08 AM

sounds like a classic loose battery cable

Ruley73 · #6 01-08-2005, 12:55 AM

Your dash lights shouldn't be coming on when you open the door. I would suspect a bad headlight switch or a bad instrument dimmer switch (NOT high/low beam dimmer switch).

autoforum · #7 01-10-2005, 07:04 PM

Take an ammeter and determine what kind of drain you have after the battery is fully charged. (If you don't know how to use an ammeter, find someone who does.) Then you can pull fuses till the drain goes away or diminsihes substantially. The fuse that makes the difference is on the circuit that has the short.

mlaws · #8 01-11-2005, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dwalmop

sounds like a classic loose battery cable

No tried that early on.......

autoforum · #9 01-17-2005, 04:23 PM

...then it's something that isn't fused with a regular fuse, like a fusable link, if you measure a drain.

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