My Box Caprice Drains Batteries

[revots 10+ year member]

It could be your starter solenoid, like someone said.

It could be your alternator, like someone said.

It could be your EEC. (Electronic Engine Control)

It could be your ignition switch.

It could make for a long day. Good luck.

 

[aussiek2000 10+ year member]

Get a test light. Go to the fuse panel. start testing the fuses that shouldn't have power when the car is off.

 

[Donks 10+ year member]

It could be your starter solenoid, like someone said. It could be your alternator, like someone said.

It could be your EEC. (Electronic Engine Control)

It could be your ignition switch.

It could make for a long day. Good luck.

its not the starter or the alternator. i just checked and its a brand spankin new alternator in it. it does have bunch of crazy wires and **** idk most likely its just them wires.

but like i said i can throw a brand new battery in it. but it just keeps draining it when the car is off.

 

[Donks 10+ year member]

Get a test light. Go to the fuse panel. start testing the fuses that shouldn't have power when the car is off.

hey i live 15 minutes from zanesville

 

[rain377 10+ year member]

Get a test light. Go to the fuse panel. start testing the fuses that shouldn't have power when the car is off.

^ i would agree with that. if he just went for a 2-hour drive with an alt not charging the car would've died mid trip.

 

[koolwhipman 10+ year member]

put a on/off switch on your negative battery hookup and switch it to off when your done driving, you at least won't have a dead battery in the morning until you can actuallt fix it.

 

[revots 10+ year member]

^ i would agree with that. if he just went for a 2-hour drive with an alt not charging the car would've died mid trip.

An Alt can draw current when the car is off and still be able to charge a battery. That would be a bad solenoid. Take off the pos terminal and hold it close to the battery post. Look very close and if it makes a decent arc, it's probably one of three things.

1, Alternator, Solenoid

2, EEC

3, Ignition Switch

This is assuming you checked the fuses and still found yourself entirely destitute.

 

[Donks 10+ year member]

An Alt can draw current when the car is off and still be able to charge a battery. That would be a bad solenoid. Take off the pos terminal and hold it close to the battery post. Look very close and if it makes a decent arc, it's probably one of three things.
1, Alternator, Solenoid

2, EEC

3, Ignition Switch

This is assuming you checked the fuses and still found yourself entirely destitute.

i did check the fuses and found a "ECM Eng" fuse that that was blown i replaced it. i put my battery in from my buick and it starts ups fine as usual. we'll see if it dead in the morning. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Get a dmm. Set it to measure current. Take the positive cable off the battery. Put one lead on the battery cable and one on the battery post. Check current draw. Start pulling fuses until current draw goes away. Check which fuse it is. You have found the culprit.

 

[big jake 10+ year member]

man if ur not (car) smart enough to check the alt. after the battery, you might wanna take it to someone and just have them go through the whole car and make sure everything is straight. im not trying to insult you but sometimes inexperienced people end up making things alot worse by not knowing what their doing.

 

[Donks 10+ year member]

Get a dmm. Set it to measure current. Take the positive cable off the battery. Put one lead on the battery cable and one on the battery post. Check current draw. Start pulling fuses until current draw goes away. Check which fuse it is. You have found the culprit.

so your for sure its a fuse......thats making it drain?

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

so your for sure its a fuse......thats making it drain?

Its not gonna be a fuse. Its gonna be the component that is on the circuit of the fuse. Pulling the fuse will stop the current drain until you can get said component fixed. All circuits in your car are fused. Its the easiest complete way to determine without actually being there.

 

[Donks 10+ year member]

Its not gonna be a fuse. Its gonna be the component that is on the circuit of the fuse. Pulling the fuse will stop the current drain until you can get said component fixed. All circuits in your car are fused. Its the easiest complete way to determine without actually being there.

it started up fine 2day. so we'll see whats the future may bring us.