Re: current drain

["d_rex_2002" <rich@xxxx>]

Mark,

Current drain can occur under many conditions, and like many
other things with a 20+ year old car, can happen at any time.
Not to jinx things, but I had gone over the car you now own,
back in 2000 while doing the initial refurbishing of the car
and I went over it again, briefy, after re-acquiring it last
year, before selling it to you earlier this year. Granted,
I did not go over everything each time, but its still a lot
more inspection time on that car than most garage queens have
seen in their entire existance. Some cars look like their
fuse boxes and relays have never been touched sine day one.

I have seen current drain problems on cars that are driven
and serviced regularly, but these drain problems are different
from the "seldom used cars" problems and can often be traced
to a wire with insulation rubbed off, which causes a short in
a place that is usually difficult to see, inspect and in most
cases, difficult to service.

I have been playing with these little silver cars for a while
and I know its not good to tempt the gremlins into making their
way to your electrical system. I know they have been playing
elsewhere in the car, so don't tempt them to change scenery.

Later,
Rich W.



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, id <ionicdesign@xxxx> wrote:
> I really dont understand the drain problem people have. I just 
removed my water pump and
> water hose under the intake to change all of the hoses, o-rings and 
do a tune up and the
> car sat for 4 weeks and started like i shut it off yesterday.
> 
> Mark