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Offline karl210

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finding a parasitic battery drain
« on: January 02, 2014, 10:22:58 pm »
This isnt for a mk5 im afraid, my girlfriend has a renault megane 2 and sometimes when it rains overnight the battery will be dead in the morning. Infact the car was working fine one day, i washed it and the car wouldnt start straight after. Does anybody have any ideas where to start looking, im gonna have a good look on sunday and ive had a good search on google but cant really find anything. Would like some ammunition what to look at on sunday before i tackle it blindfolded. If i was to attach a multimeter to the battery and wire it through a gromet in the bulkhead, throw water over the car while someone sits in the car with the multimeter to watch out when there is a draw that could help me to start looking in the right direction would this work?

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Re: finding a parasitic battery drain
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2014, 10:25:42 pm »
water dead short check the fusebox for water first


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Re: finding a parasitic battery drain
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2014, 10:34:37 pm »

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Re: finding a parasitic battery drain
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2014, 11:21:32 pm »
I'd take the scuttle panel off and check the drains mk3 clio were bad for clogging up and damaging the wiper motor

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Re: finding a parasitic battery drain
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 11:32:20 pm »
Use a multi meter and pull fuses until it stops
Generally the easiest way.