WAKeele
Veteran Member
For about a week and a half, I've had something running my battery dead overnight. Battery is about two years old and checked out to be better than rated, along with the starter (about two years old) and the alternator checking out fine. I've been told the amp can eventually start draining, so I pulled the fuse one night. Still dead the next day. I don't have a meter with me to try to see what the draw is.
Now I've had an issue with the engine running unsteady/sputtering at lower RPMs (~1,800-2,400) while pulling--generally fine at 2,500 and above. Fuel filter has gone a little overdue and I've been to A LOT of different stations out in the middle of nowhere in Canada and Alaska lately, so it's not out of the realm of picking up some crap in there. So I finally got my filters (and my engine/transmission mount yesterday, and I thought changing the line after I couldn't get it to start for the first time throughout all this. Had a buddy under the hood at the time and he noticed it drew the fuel feed line down from the filter to the pump. Well that's never happened with my past filter changes. Fuel was there at the return side and I filled the feed line and hooked it back to the filter. Drew it empty again without cranking.
Now here's the fun thing: the battery wasn't dead yesterday. Only thing that was done was the new fuel filter and it wouldn't start before or after that change. So what do you think was drawing the battery down enough to be almost completely dead in about 10 hours? Sitting for about 4-5 hours wasn't enough to cause a problem.
Now I've had an issue with the engine running unsteady/sputtering at lower RPMs (~1,800-2,400) while pulling--generally fine at 2,500 and above. Fuel filter has gone a little overdue and I've been to A LOT of different stations out in the middle of nowhere in Canada and Alaska lately, so it's not out of the realm of picking up some crap in there. So I finally got my filters (and my engine/transmission mount yesterday, and I thought changing the line after I couldn't get it to start for the first time throughout all this. Had a buddy under the hood at the time and he noticed it drew the fuel feed line down from the filter to the pump. Well that's never happened with my past filter changes. Fuel was there at the return side and I filled the feed line and hooked it back to the filter. Drew it empty again without cranking.
Now here's the fun thing: the battery wasn't dead yesterday. Only thing that was done was the new fuel filter and it wouldn't start before or after that change. So what do you think was drawing the battery down enough to be almost completely dead in about 10 hours? Sitting for about 4-5 hours wasn't enough to cause a problem.
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