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Dead as a 'Door Nail' Battery 900 1994

posted by  RTBimmer on  Wed Oct 12 02:51 CST 2005
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What ever / where ever that comes from??

Anywho, about 5 weeks ago after my daughter has used the 940 Sedan the prior evening, the car was dead and I mean dead. My first reaction was that she had left something on!!!
Started the car up and all checked out normal, therefore dad was right again!!! Surrrrrrre....
Well here we are 5 weeks later and I'm travelling and last night after about 11 hrs of being parked, Dead and again I mean DEAD......

After Jump starting I could see from the Headlights (nice and bright) I was charging and since I still had a Jump available, after 5 minutes I turned her off and restarted with no problem. As a last resort, since I'm on the road and it was after 7PM I went to Sears and the Battery and Charging system checked out. Though in heindsight, the mechanic didn't check to see if I had any current draw with the car not running. I have also verified that the trunk light is not on.

Well low and behold this morning after sitting ~ 10 hrs DEAD again.

UPDATE: Got ahold of a digital Amp meter:
While running at idle +35 amps
When I first started troubleshooting in the off position, nothing on in the car a -3.65 amps draw. I turned key on and off, started and shut off many times, rechecked all was off, still -3.65 amps. At this point I noticed that most of the "Warning" lights on the dash were not illuminating?? Started to wonder if I had that many blown bulbs?? It should also be noted that about 10-12 weeks ago the dash was changed because of a broken connection to the SRS circuit....Which when illuminated (SRS stays on) no circuits are on, including the alternator....
So, I was just about to give up lock her up and go to pull the amp meter and now I am at -0.25 Amp draw??? Is that a normal draw??
I go back to start her back up and now I notice that all the dash bulbs are illuminating in the on postion!!!!!! Start and shut of a couple of dozen times; bulbs all illuminated and only a -0.25 amp draw!!!

Short of closing the door, I can't believe a short wire somewhere. I am thinking of some relay somehere hanging up???

Any thoughts??

Rgrds,

Kevin

Any suggestions?

Regards,

Kevin






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