okay, i have a d16a6 and i just put a brandnew battery in it, then put it in the garage for the night, i then took it out around 18 hours later and the battery was dead again, i dont know what could do this, and when posting your replys, remember that i am new to the import scene, but i ran the test where you take the positive end off of the battery while it is running, to see if the alternator would work, and it did, but i dont know what the hell i am doing, please please please if you have any ideas post them, o-yeah and it has no stereo meaning bare wires, could that do it?
thank you

 

when coming to things like this start simple could you have left lights on?

 

no i checked all the simple things, i dont know what else it could be

 

anyone else know why this could be happening?

 

charge the batt up again start the car make sure it starts then turn the battery off and check the volts see if there is any draw on the battery, then check for any wiring that isn't stock

 

If you have any bare wires go through and at least cap off any hot wires.

 

I would also agree theres a draw somewhere. recharge your bat. when you park it, hook up a multimeter and see if the volts fall steadly.

 

just unplug your radio fuse and then charge it,start it and wait see if its dead again... i had to do that with mine but now i know where its coming from....

 

since youre new to the scene, you probably dont have a multimeter, so id just pull a different fuse out every time you park the car for a long time, until it starts the next morning, then you know that is the circuit drawing the voltage. then work from there.

 

okay i drove it today after jumping it, and then when i was done, i parked it and went inside, i went outside about an hour to an hour and a half later, and the cooling fans were still on, anyone think that might be it? i dont know if they are coming on any other time, but that is a lil long.
let me know
thanks
tj

 

yeah sounds like you found your problem

 

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charge the battery and then check it, it should have around 12.6 or higher than start it. it will go down. but if does not go up then you have a bad battery and it wont hold a load

 

you could also use an ammeter to see how high the drain is, but if it dies overnight, its already a pretty high drain.

 

hmmm fan stuck being on......... Relay?

 

any ideas on how to fix it?

 

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Possible short, or bad relay.

Amp meter would be a good thing.. remember to test in series for current and parallel for volts

 

thanks, has this ever happened to anyone else?