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 Post subject: battery draining issues on a 911 carrera sc convertible 1986
PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:23 pm 
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does anybody have any idea why the battery on my car is going flat in a couple of days,battery has been recently replaced,can,t see anything left on when the ignition key is taken out.any pointers would be greatly received,also require two roof closing motors if anyone knows where I might be able to get any spares ,cheers Roy


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 Post subject: Re: battery draining issues on a 911 carrera sc convertible
PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:10 pm 
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Hi Roy,

You need to use a multimeter, or if you have blade fuses Ono of these to identify if there is a drain on a particular circuit.

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 Post subject: Re: battery draining issues on a 911 carrera sc convertible
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I do have a multimeter just wondering if there is anything that it might be ,like a common fault,cheers


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I will look at those first then.cheers


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Is there an alarm / immoboliser on your car? If it's old might be worth getting it checked.

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I'm going to have a look this weekend,cheers


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