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Re: 5kcstq battery drain.....STILL



Try unhooking the positive terminal on your battery.  Then connect a test
light between the positive battery terminal and the battery cable.  
The light will stay lit as long as there is a draw on the battery (with the
key off, the light SHOULD be off). If there is a short, it will stay on.
You may want to pull the fuse the clock is on as it may have a slight draw
on the battery.
Start pulling fuses and disconnecting harness plugs in an orderly fashion .
 You can eventually narrow down where the draw is coming from.  For example
if you unplug a particular harness connection and the light goes out, you
know it is one of the items on that plug causing the problem.
This is a bit time consuming but I have used this method with success.  It
is almost a necessity to have the wiring diagram for the car to track down
the culprit.
Good luck,
Dave Kase
'90 90Q20v