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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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car needs to be jump start

I have a 92 Camaro and as of 2 weeks ago my car needs to be jump to start it most times. any advice?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:37 AM
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Re: car needs to be jump start

How often do you start it? Likely you have a parasitic drain on the battery.

Do you have a multi-meter? Best thing to do, is to get a multimeter and ampmeter so you can see how much current is being drawn from the battery. Hook it up to read current with the vehicle off, remove fuses one by one to isolate which circuit is pulling the current. Then you can trace further to find maybe there is a partial short pulling enough current to drain your battery.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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Re: car needs to be jump start

I do have a switch to tunr on & off my cooling fan could that be the problem ? But I have a new battery & with the old battery there was no problems. But if I find the fuse thats draining my battery what do I do after that
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:08 PM
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Re: car needs to be jump start

Originally Posted by KC_Reaper
I do have a switch to tunr on & off my cooling fan could that be the problem ? But I have a new battery & with the old battery there was no problems. But if I find the fuse thats draining my battery what do I do after that
If you're leaving the cooling fan on, absolutly that could drain the battery.

If you find a fuse the stops the drain, you follow the wires of that entire circuit to see if there is any damage of corrosion that could be causing the issue, or perhaps if it's plugged into a device that may be shorting out.

How long do you have to let it sit before it drains down?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:15 PM
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Re: car needs to be jump start

Some times I'll be driving in the car will slowly lose power I say about 15 to 25 min some times the car will run fine into I turn it off then I'll need a jump again
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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Re: car needs to be jump start

Check to make sure the alternator is charging.
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