My 98 park av has a constant draw on the battery. despite my 24 years as an
auto tech, i am unable to isolate the source of the draw. has any one had a
similar problem or have any tips on how to find this gremlin? HELP!!!!

Tikk wrote:

Remove fuses and unplug plugs until you find it.

Tikk wrote:

All batteries in cars have a constant draw for keep alive stuff like
clock memory, ECU, and radio pre-sets. If the draw is like 60~100 mah,
it's perfectly normal. Start locating an excessive draw by disconnecting
the power feed from the alternator. If a big draw (> 1AH) stops then,
it's almost certainly an alternator diode. If the draw doesn't stop
then, it's time to start pulling fuses (meter attached) until the
offending circuit is located.

"Tikk" <roberttikkanen@aol.com> wrote in message
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It'd help us if we knew how fast the draw is--either in ah/mah's or in
hours or days to draw it down to a no-start condition. Also a bit of info
on how strong the batt is on a load-test. Also, is it always or
intermittent? Recently helped a guy locate his intermittent leak only after
he told me how quickly it ran him into a no-start condition and that the
batt would be completely down(flat?)after one overnite-sit when the
intermittent leak hit. Was the passenger power-seat button that would
occasionally stick in one position, and those circuits are always-hot no
matter the key-position. A tad more info, please. s