removing taillight (tracing battery drain)

["Michael Benno" <mbenno@northstar-mn.com>]

Thanks for all your help, with how to start finding a battery drain.

I hooked up the Multimeter to the battery (between ground cable and ground
terminal) and read 1.53 Amps of draw which is high. After opening and
closing the trunk the draw was down to .04 Amps which seems ok. I couldn't
get the draw back up to 1.5 so I assume there must be some sort of random
drain in the trunk lid around the lock. Possible conclusions include backup
lights, or license plate lights, rear fog, or possibly some wires going to
the lock itself (power lock/heater?). There is quite a bit of moisture
(frozen) in the lens which may be contributing. Its not the trunk lite,
that pulls 1.37 Amps when it is on.

This is were is gets really weird, I pulled the fuse for the affected
systems and draw went up to 1.2 Amps?!!. I can't figure this out.

I would like to pull off the right rear lens to clean out the moisture, but
I can't figure out how to remove it. I removed the lid liner and four nuts,
but it still wouldn't budge. Is it glued on or what?

Does anybody have any other suggestions?

Michael Benno 90q20v