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Old 08-09-2010, 07:48 PM
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2 Amp parasitic draw after work on window motor?

2003 4.4L, fully loaded.

So I had to change out the plastic clips for the window lift two days ago, and ever since I have had a parasitic draw on my battery. I left a charger on it over night. It started the night at 3.5 amp draw (before the electronics had gone to sleep) and at 12.5V (measured before hooking up the charger). In the morning it was still pulling just over 2 Amps, and measured 12.9V (charger removed). I removed the changer to go to work, and my wife tried starting it 5 hours later, and "click-click" was all she got.

It was an original battery, so I changed that out. The plastic that the positive terminal mounts on was visibly distorted (have you ever seen a frozen battery?) and the cell closest to it was 1/5th of the way down on fluid (could've been from me tipping it to get it out?). Anyways, the new battery is pulling the same Amps that the old one was, so that didn't fix it.

Not sure if it matters, but I did try to jump start it a few days ago via the truck (it was in the middle of our 2 car garage, and I didn't want to push it out of the garage up hill). That didn't work, so I ended up having to push it out and jump it underhood.
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