If the bulb was out, how was it draining power? BTW, I thought this was another 100% failure item, so most people had the light disconnected. If you still have it connected, I suggest you disconnect it. It is pretty useless anyway. delorean@xxxx wrote: > When we first bought our DeLorean, the battery was constantly being drained > (even after replacing the battery). We found that the plunger switch that > turns the engine compartment light on/off was tilted sideways, so when the > engine compartment cover was closed, it wasn't turning off the comparment > light. We didn't notice it at first, because the bulb in the comparment > light needed replacing. Anyway, that was the source of our battery drain > problem. >