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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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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.
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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:26 AM
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are you still using the OE battery? those things only last for 3 yrs
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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:53 AM
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I got 4.5 years, 91k miles out of mine...just replaced it last week
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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 04:29 PM
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got almost 5 years on mine and have killed it 4 or 5 times. still goin strong.
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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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Default same....mine's been dead at least that many times as well

but having the car off for over a month and out in the cold this winter killed it.,,,,finally.
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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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yikes whats winter? :-P its raining here right now does that count?
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Default winter in new england

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.
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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Re: 5 years too :-)
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Add water at regular intervals, mine still starting car at 6+ years
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