Gumby A4

Okay I'm stuck. Battery's good. Charging system's good.

I performed a battery drain test and found that I am drawing over 250 mA (ammeter only goes to 250 mA). Haynes repair manual said 100 mA is normal. I pulled every fuse and nothing affected the drain. I pulled every relay I could find and they all tested open on power circuit.

Question 1: Anyone know what the mA draw should be normally(besides the Haynes)?

Question 2: What the he!! is wrong with my car? Okay I know you can't answer that one as easy but I needed to vent.

Thank you in advance for your help.

WYSIWYG

are you still using the OE battery? those things only last for 3 yrs

Ray Khan

I got 4.5 years, 91k miles out of mine...just replaced it last week

Devious27t

got almost 5 years on mine and have killed it 4 or 5 times. still goin strong.

Ray Khan

but having the car off for over a month and out in the cold this winter killed it.,,,,finally.

Devious27t

yikes whats winter? :-P its raining here right now does that count?

Ray Khan

which means some days it's 50 and some nights it's -5. It's been mild lately. I'd guess still in the 20's in the evenings.

SMOKINA4TURBO

Re: 5 years too :-)

paul cormier

Add water at regular intervals, mine still starting car at 6+ years