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Old 10-23-03, 10:55 PM
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What could be the cause of a drained battery?

A few days ago my car died while it was idling. I found out it was because I had a dead battery. I just got the alternator replaced and the battery seems to be recharging fine. I understand a defective alternator could cause the battery not to recharge. Now my question is what are other factors that could drain my battery?

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so, are you still having problems or not? i cant tell.

well anyway, it could be caused by bad cables, bad terminals(including dirty ones) and not very well tightened clasp.

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Well, if your battery was on a concrete floor (like your garage) for awhile, that could have drained it.
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Well my car seem fine for now...I still need to change the drive shaft.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

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on driveshafts if your gona run alot of power, get a large one (diameter) one and itll tent to toss less, but thats only if your gona run a ton of hp.
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Originally posted by Mephis
on driveshafts if your gona run alot of power, get a large one (diameter) one and itll tent to toss less, but thats only if your gona run a ton of hp.
I intend on keeping the car stock. Just so that you know my 86 NA is an automatic. I just think that I need to change it because there's a slight clunking sound when I shift from R N and D.
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