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Well Macy if your car is a turbo you definately need a good heat shield. The heat from the turbo will melt the battery case and that's very dangerous. Get a used shield at a salvage yard for more like $10-20. Good used ones are a little scarce but you'll find one if you look. Any (key off) short to ground anywhere in the car could be draining your battery and I suppose that if it was loose the shield might be the culprit but that would be way too easy. (Also easy to check). And a short like that would probably be kind of pyrotechnic. Make sure that your battery terminal connections are corrosion free and tight. Loose or dirty connections are a very common source of poor charging. You may have charging system problem instead of a drain or short so once you have a hot battery and good tight connections if it continues to fail check the alternator output. Is the alt. belt properly adjusted? Does the red charge light (on the instrument panel) come on and stay on? It should only light for a few seconds as the car starts.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Battery problem, need recommandation, Macy, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:16:58
- Re: Battery problem, Do I need new negative cable too?, Macy, Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:35:58
- Re: n/a heat shield, Myles, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:06:14
- Re: Battery problem, Do I need new negative cable too?, Macy, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:01:41
- That heat shield is....., vsfoxe
, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:50:03 - Re: Battery problem, need recommandation, nuysSAAB
, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:51:05 - Re: Battery problem, need recommandation, CMyles
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