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We found that my battery goes flat in about 2 days. I purchased this car with this problem, as the seller had told me that whenever he went anywhere, or when the vehicle will sit for a while, he would disconnect the battery
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Connect a Digital multi meter at the battery to measure parasitic current draw, if it is more than about 50 milliamps start pulling fuses one at a time until it drops down to almost nothing. This will at least tell you which circuit has the problem, it may be as simple as the boot light on all the time.
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Blueprint ..you helped me with your posts and Ill help back. Go to the car and do this check.Pull down your rear seats and look into your back boot.Is the back boot light on all of the time? If so then your back boot light switch is faulty.Also do you have a car alarm?
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No to car alarm, and the boot light is off...
And as i said before... i'm here to learn and to help others with what I know.
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Clamp on DC ammeter is best way to check source of current leaks as you don't need to disconnect anything and you can follow the wiring harness along and branch off as required to track the source.
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ooo, never thought of that... thanks.
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