Re: 5ktq...batt keeps dying!

["Matt Rooke" <mrooke@fcpa.fujitsu.com>]

>A friend of mine (not on the list) just bought an '86 5KCSTQ and everytime
>he parks, he comes back and his battery is completely dead.  I mean, even if
>it only sits for like 10 minutes.  He doesn't know what keeps killing it and
>he's very upset because he said that if it doesn't get fixed soon and out of
>the driveways his dad is going to wholesale it.

Is the battery new?  An old tired battery will do this.  If new, put a
voltmeter across the battery and start pulling fuses.  If there is a big
drain, there should be a perceptible jump in the voltage when the offender
is open-circuited.

But draining a healthy battery in 10 min. would require a pretty large
current.  Should be obvious (smoke, glowing, etc.).  But I suspect it is just
an old battery, who would sell a car with a new one? ;-)

HTH,
Matt Rooke
'91cq