Car is dead again...

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Dubweiser

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It's been parked indoors for about 4 days now due to bad weather, today I went to start her up for a few minutes, but the battery is dead. It's a brand new Optima red top I bought two months ago, so something is draining the battery. I boosted it and noticed when the car is off, the OEM tape deck makes a sound every 2 seconds, it sounds like it's trying to eject a tape, but there's no tape inside, and it never stops making this sound. Could something so small cause my battery to die in 4 days, or is it draining from somewhere else?
 
Yeah it's possible. I left my parking lights on for 8hrs and that killed my battery so a radio draining the battery in 4days is very probable. Do you have an alarm sys?
 
Measure your amps across the radio and see if thats the problem. Also I never liked optima cause it's gel cell.
 
you'd have to do a parasite drain test and/or take out your fuses one by one while seeing if your intensity changes.
 
PassatVR6 said:
Measure your amps across the radio and see if thats the problem. Also I never liked optima cause it's gel cell.
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Thanks I'll give that a shot. For the moment I charged the battery, took the radio out and I'll let it sit for 4-5 days to see if it'll drain again.
 
Dubweiser said:
Thanks I'll give that a shot. For the moment I charged the battery, took the radio out and I'll let it sit for 4-5 days to see if it'll drain again.
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Just unscrew your pos form bat, and put ur ampmeter from the pos. across to the cable and see if it's the car or the bat. *tu*
 
It's the radio, I started it for the first time in 6 days today and it's fine with the radio disconnected...

Anyone got a stock MK4 single din tape deck for cheap?:D
 
Dubweiser said:
It's the radio, I started it for the first time in 6 days today and it's fine with the radio disconnected...

Anyone got a stock MK4 single din tape deck for cheap?:D
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i've got one :goofy:
 
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