Alright, I admit it, i need some help!
working on my 97 gtp. There seems to be a parasitic drain on the system when car is not running. the remote start brain has been unplugged from everything, and it seems that there is still a drain of about 380 mA on the system. Local shop and I did a little checking and found the following.... using the parasitic draw meter, while plugged into the cig lighter and removing main battery 2 fuse (this should be the link to glovebox fusebox) underhood made the drain disapear. using cig light adaper directly on battery and ground, with main battery fuse 2 still out leaves the 380 mA drain on. So i am getting from this that the drain does not seem to be inside the car. with meter showing drain, we removed individually each fuse/relay in the underhood box, with no change in the present 380 mA drain. Can anyone suggest things underhood that would NOT be routed through the underhood fuse box?? might a bad or badly flashed ecm cause drain?
Is it normal for a ecm to have the electric fans on for a few minutes after the car to cool it? i would think so, but not sure. This gtp does, but my regal which is basically same car does not keep fans running after use.
working on my 97 gtp. There seems to be a parasitic drain on the system when car is not running. the remote start brain has been unplugged from everything, and it seems that there is still a drain of about 380 mA on the system. Local shop and I did a little checking and found the following.... using the parasitic draw meter, while plugged into the cig lighter and removing main battery 2 fuse (this should be the link to glovebox fusebox) underhood made the drain disapear. using cig light adaper directly on battery and ground, with main battery fuse 2 still out leaves the 380 mA drain on. So i am getting from this that the drain does not seem to be inside the car. with meter showing drain, we removed individually each fuse/relay in the underhood box, with no change in the present 380 mA drain. Can anyone suggest things underhood that would NOT be routed through the underhood fuse box?? might a bad or badly flashed ecm cause drain?
Is it normal for a ecm to have the electric fans on for a few minutes after the car to cool it? i would think so, but not sure. This gtp does, but my regal which is basically same car does not keep fans running after use.
