Battery drained after 2 days?
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Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Aztec, NM
Battery drained after 2 days?
So my belt tensioner pulley went out a few days ago, so the car sat till today when I got a new one. Threw it on, went to start the car, and no dice. Charged it up, started it, had a CEL, it was throwing some codes due to low voltage at 1st. Drove it a bit, cleared the codes, and it's all good now. One thing I have noticed is that the car seems to be making some strange noises when it is off and the key is out of the ignition... Does anyone else have any experience with this? It makes noises almost like the seats are trying to move or the speakers randomly trying to turn on... I can't quite pinpoint it. Also discovered I need a new idler pulley so that's going on tomorrow. Couldn't hear it over the belt tensioner pulley. Any ideas or thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.
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From: oregon
also tested my car since it had a dead battery the day after i bought it, had been keeping it on tender since last week when i replaced the battery. was good to see the meter flicker between 10 and 20 milliamps confirming the car just had an old *** battery when i bought it and not a current monster.
thanks for the write up
thanks for the write up
