In the past 6 months I have been using the Escape as my DD. I drive the 68 on weekends. It sits Monday through Fri. Last couple times I went to start the 68 the Battery has been to low to start it. I have taken it out and charged it up 2 times in the past 2 weeks. Napa battery, 17 months old. I guess I better take it in and use the 18 month free replacement.
May just buy the Optima I have been thinking on.
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Re: Napa battery
Or you could have a slow drain .
I had one that I could never find the cause of.
But I had one of those L E D volt meters that plug into the cigar lighter.
one day I walked past my truck and saw it was glowing red so i did some checking and I found power going to the coil.
My ignition switch wasn't always shutting off .
But what would happen is I'd try starting the truck , battery dead, check for a drain and couldn't find one because I turned the ignition and that time it shut off properly.
An easy way to check for a battery drain on our old trucks is to unhook a battery cable then hook up a test light in to the cable , then to the post ,if it lights up you know it's drawing power. Even a low glow can drain a battery in a week.
Now you can't use this method on modern cars because the electronics will always show a drain.
but if you have a glove box light or a radio , a bad switch, an alternator with a bad diode or a grounded wire it should show up.
If it lights up pull a fuse one at a time until it goes out then you can find the culprit.
I had one that I could never find the cause of.
But I had one of those L E D volt meters that plug into the cigar lighter.
one day I walked past my truck and saw it was glowing red so i did some checking and I found power going to the coil.
My ignition switch wasn't always shutting off .
But what would happen is I'd try starting the truck , battery dead, check for a drain and couldn't find one because I turned the ignition and that time it shut off properly.
An easy way to check for a battery drain on our old trucks is to unhook a battery cable then hook up a test light in to the cable , then to the post ,if it lights up you know it's drawing power. Even a low glow can drain a battery in a week.
Now you can't use this method on modern cars because the electronics will always show a drain.
but if you have a glove box light or a radio , a bad switch, an alternator with a bad diode or a grounded wire it should show up.
If it lights up pull a fuse one at a time until it goes out then you can find the culprit.