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Old 12-22-2010, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
Well that's poorly worded alright. Chas, are you going to try and perform the parasitic drain test?
Here's an update: On Monday I put a 3 hour charge at 10A into the batt and starting was 12.1-finished at 12.7. Next morning it tested 12.7 still-all temps mid 40F. Drove 1/2 hour put away. Retested today at same temps and got 12.3--bummer. Then drove short while.
I have NOT gotten the battery dash icon on startup however at any time.

So I'm testing everyday and watching. Honestly, I can't figure how to do the drain testing as the damn car is so complex. The alternator is in a hellish place so I can't take it out or test for bad diode as source of drain. And I do not have any code-scanning tools for it and if I did, I doubt I can figure 'em out. This is not my forte.
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