sk88erguy

so the drain is obviously slow, last time i drove it was for about 15 minutes, then today it was so weak it cranked slowly 3 times and just stopped trying.


Someone who has had to cut the yellow wire for the windows that is by the battery, would my symptoms be somthing that wire could cause, or would mine be caused by somthign else, i am under the impression that the yellow wire is a faster type of drain than im expiriencing correct?

bar1

My car sat more than 1 month in november/december last year. No problem starting.

sk88erguy

aight thanks, i drive this just like i did my 5000 and i never had bat problems.. kind of a PITA...

sk88erguy

So how do i go about finding my short that is draining my battery?

TabulaRasa

3 y/o VW/Audi OEM battery with 60 month replacement warranty.

sk88erguy

ya i have a leak somewhere i guess, my alternator is good, so ill have to figure out how to find it

TabulaRasa

I can barely solder and know enough to blow stuff up, not be useful.

tozoM8

disconnect the positive cable and put a light between the disconnected pos. cable and the battery's pos. It will lit up. Now start to take the fuses out one by one. When the light goes out, you found the faulty circuit. My wife's 94' 100 had a battery drain. It was the power lock pump. When you shut off the engine, there is a 10 minutes timer running, so you can roll the windows down. If you open the door it will cancel the window roll down option. Mine never stopped, the lights on the window switches were lit all day all night until the battery died.

sk88erguy

i tried and couldnt get it to work? what kind of bulb should i get? i have a thing for testing outlets in a house that lights up but it didnt work...

tozoM8

I don't know where the battery is in your car. you need a simple light bulb, LED test light doesn't work.