Battery keeps draining!
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Battery keeps draining!
Hello, first time posting so I'll be as thorough as possible. I have a 91 ford f350 7.5L xlt Lariat crew cab and my battery keeps getting drained from sitting for a couple days. The battery is a year old or less and have been told it's my starter solenoid auxiliary I have a new one on the way but I feel that it's something else. Any thoughts? Also my rear fuel tank leaks after I put a full tank in the front. Will drop tank soon to see what's the deal.
thank you (:
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For what it’s worth......my 2006 F350 was dead a few weeks ago. It’s a plow truck, but I try to run it ince a week during the summer.
Battery was down; jumped it and it started fine (battery is almost new).
Problem was a rusted trailer socket. I had plugged a backup light into in recently and crushed the rusty bracket and pushed the whole trailer plug in. The wire insulation was cracked and the wire was exposed and must’ve made contact/shorted and drained the battery.
I just taped up the trailer plug wires for now, but it hasn’t drained the battery anymore
good luck
Battery was down; jumped it and it started fine (battery is almost new).
Problem was a rusted trailer socket. I had plugged a backup light into in recently and crushed the rusty bracket and pushed the whole trailer plug in. The wire insulation was cracked and the wire was exposed and must’ve made contact/shorted and drained the battery.
I just taped up the trailer plug wires for now, but it hasn’t drained the battery anymore
good luck
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Here is an article that may help you. As for the fuel tank, check the gasket on your fill cap. Like all rubber on the older trucks they get hard and don't seal good. This would apply if you saw the fuel leak and not just smelled it. If you just smelled it, it might be something else. Sandy
When Fully Charged, How Many Volts Should A Car Battery Have?
Fully charged automotive batteries should measure at 12.6 volts or above. When the engine is running, this measurement should be 13.7 to 14.7 volts. If you don’t have a multimeter to tell you the voltage of your battery, you can do a test of your electrical system by starting the car and turning on the headlights. If they are dim, that indicates the lights are running off the battery and that little or no charge is being produced by the alternator. If the lights get brighter as you rev the engine, it means the alternator is producing some current, but may not be producing enough at idle to keep the battery properly charged. If the lights have normal brightness and don’t change intensity as the engine is revved, your charging system is probably functioning normally. If you’ve been experiencing problems with your battery system and the headlight test checks out okay, you should check whether or not the battery is holding a charge, or if something on the vehicle is discharging it.
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