Eagle Repair: 90 eagle talon awd turbo, test light, ground source

Question
My talon keeps blowing the fuel injection fuze by the battery.I have repaced the relay under the dash and the fuel pump.Something is draining the battery to.There is enough draw on the negitive side to light up a test light.Can you help

Answer
You CANNOT use the TEST LIGHT method on computerized newer vehicles as the computer continously .50 amps (1/2 of an amp) at ALL times in order for the computer to retain it's memory. as well as the vehicles clock and preset radio stations. This above said battery draw is NORMAL and NO it will not drain the battery overnight. With the small amount of NORMAL battery drain it will take weeks of the car setting without being started.

QUESTION: What repairs of ANY KIND have been performed on this vehicle prior to this problem ?.

In 9 out of 10 cases when this type of problem occurs it can be traced back to where a previous repair was performed on the vehicle. Look around the area where the work was done and look for pinched electrical wires and or wiring that has the insulation rubbed off thus exposing the wire to ground out when it touches a metal ground source.



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