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Re: Electrical drain troubleshooting - 99 Kombi
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Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Sun, 9 Feb 2014 09:44:17 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Electrical drain troubleshooting - 99 Kombi, Larry West [Profile/Gallery] , Sun, 9 Feb 2014 06:18:59
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Well, if only all problems would be their in a static state of failure at all times, it would be a lot easier to find and repair.

Your car might not have a problem at all EXCEPT for when the blue moon happens and one, anyone, of all electrical devices decide to hang in ON position.

Since your battery is new, hopefully we can rule that one out but that is the first thing to replace when I encounter these problems and if the battery is a year or more old. If it is one of mine installed batteries, I just replace it under warranty if still under the full warranty and call it a day.

I have seen numerous cases where the battery goes into self kill mode without any reasons and you can't really catch it happening so the best way is to just throw another battery in and see if the problem goes away.

All other options of intermittent battery drain are just as difficult to pin point since it could be any of the door lock motors having a bad day sticking halfway or a DICE deciding to keep current alive to any device now and then.

Your test readings are not bad at all so that means the problem is not there right now.
The best is to use an inductive amp clamp so that you don't have to disturb anything when taking a test reading. Just sneak up on the car quietly and clamp the tool around the battery cable without disturbing anything.
But you would have to do that after each test drive leaving the hood open and testing with doors locked or unlocked.

It's not a fun job and the pay reward is none existing when you find the problem due to all the time you spent trying to pin point it.

Anders

SWEDECAR

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