[s-cars] Current draw/dead battery "a short story"

[Mark Strangways]

Tom, mine didn't start the fan, just the pump.
Maybe in my MY (92) that is by design.

Mark S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Green" <trgreen at comcast.net>
To: "Jim Furdyn" <audijim at comcast.net>
Cc: "'s-car-list'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Current draw/dead battery "a short story"


> My point on the after run circuit is that the fan runs as well as the  
> little coolant
> pump you might not hear.  The fan is what depletes the battery in  
> short order
> when this circuit stays on, and can even catch on fire, so you don't  
> want to mess
> with a suspect relay.  Unfortunately, there are so many other places  
> for the current
> to leak.
> 
> When you celebrate success in this endeavor,  I recommend a bottle of  
> "Jarhead
> Red" from Firestone vineyards in Los Olivios, Ca, a product of Adam  
> Firestone,
> Capt, USMC, 84-91, proceeds to the Marine Corps foundation.
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Dec 27, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Jim Furdyn wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for info Tom and I appreciate your recommendations. I have  
>> checked
>> the voltage at the alternator and at the battery for comparison,  
>> they were
>> less than a half a volt difference and this was one of the first  
>> things I
>> checked. All connectors at the alternator and starter were secure  
>> and in
>> good condition. Since this relay is not the mechanical type that  
>> you can
>> actually hear open and closing, this was not easy to spot. As  
>> previously
>> stated in an earlier post, I unplugged the aux coolant pump and  
>> waited until
>> the next day. The battery still went to less than 10 volts. I then  
>> started
>> to dig deeper into that circuit and found the smelly coolant pump  
>> relay.
>> This does not mean that I still do not have a possible bad TC temp  
>> sensor
>> feeding the relay a false signal and the relay staying closed  
>> therefore
>> draining most of the battery voltage. I have the TC temp sensor  
>> coming and
>> will install that first. This aux coolant relay smells fried but  
>> looks good.
>> I don't have to be a rocket scientist to say that I no longer trust  
>> its
>> functionality so I will be replacing this as well. None of this is any
>> guarantee that this problem is cured. If this does hold a charge  
>> over my
>> upcoming long weekend, I'll call it good at that point.
>>
>> Jim
>> USMC (1989-1992)
>> Floyd, Semper Fi brother!
>>
> 
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