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Wtf!! Still Drains The Battery!!
For the last 3 months i have been fighting with this ****ing porsche on the battery. When you run the car it just drains the battery, unless i disconnect the wire going from the alternator to the starter, and run a piece of wire from the battery straight to the alternator. OTHERWISE THE MOTHER ****ER WONT CHARGE. I have replaced:
ALL battery wires Starter Alternator What the **** else am i missing, please somebody tell me im missing somthing, Josh
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01-26-2008, 06:17 PM
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I would get a wiring diagram and start tracing wires, sounds like something is wired wrong.
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01-27-2008, 07:22 AM
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I am going throught kind of the same problem. These cars are not nice on the electriacal side!
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the replaced alternator might be defective.
needing to run a wire from the batt to the alternator tells me you have a wiring problem.
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no cause it did the same thing with my old alternator, and we had it tested 3 times, at 3 different auto parts stores.
all the battery wires and starter wires have been replaced except the major one coming from the harness which im not going to screw with because i need a car to drive on another note, does anyone know why when the motor is warm its a little hard to start? thanks josh
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01-27-2008, 01:23 PM
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Sounds like a bad ground.
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01-27-2008, 01:48 PM
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ive cleaned most of the grounds, all the grounds i ccould find even under the chassis ive cleaned with sos, then solvent, then, water, and solvent again, the wires look brand new, i cant find any shorts anywhere,
it all just started happening one day, one day it was chargin fine, then the next it wouldnt, im racking my brain trying to figure this one out
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You have said you replaced cables, alternator and starter, but have you tested and/or replaced the battery?
The main cable you dont want to mess with is most likely your problem, if it isn't any of the above. Wires do get corroded over time...espcially after 20+ years.
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