[V8] battery drain issue

[Kneale Brownson]

If anything in the rear got bent, I'd pull the trunk light bulb to make
certain the trunk light isn't remaining on all the time, causing your
battery drain.  Others have noted the bad spark issue can cause poor
mileage and performance.

At 11:01 AM 12/28/2004 -0600, Steve Kramer wrote:
>Fellow V8ers.  I have a 1990 v8 with 164k on it.  I'm having a drain on my 
>battery.   I replaced the battery last week and had the alternator checked. 
>The service shop said there were no problems.  However, after driving a 
>little I started getting the faint lights lit on the battery, brake and cat 
>lights. I suspect a few things listed below.
>
>
>1. I was rear-ended a few weeks back. The other car's fender hit below my 
>fender and pushed the rear spoiler forward - cracking the wheel well.  Does 
>the grounding system extend past the battery under the bench?
>
>2. I noticed after the accident that I wasn't getting good gas mileage (260 
>to a tank)  I figured the gas tank had been compromised and I wasn't getting 
>enough pressure. People have said that the car wouldn't work if the gas 
>system wasn't under pressure. Is this true?  Perhaps the next item has 
>something to do with the lack of fuel economy.
>
>3. My left distributor cap is sparking.  I found this out last week when I 
>checked the engine while it was running and put my finger on one of the 
>wire - shocked myself pretty good.  It's been on my to do list for a while 
>to replace the caps, wires, etc. I also noticed a lack of power while 
>driving.  I now suspect that the lack of power is due to the distributor 
>leaking and not sending enough electricity to the wires.  Could a leaking/ 
>bad distributor cause a drain on the system?
>
>
>Help,
>
>
>
>Steve Kramer
>1990 v8 
>
>
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