electrical Probs...need help!!!

toughlilhunny · 01-29-2002, 12:53 PM

I'm having some electrical probs on my 91 LX 5.0. My battery keeps draining all by itself...the battery is good and has been charged numerous times, then left over night and is completely dead in the morning. We found one wire fried and fixed it, which i believe went to my headlights, but the batter still keeps draining itself out and can't figure out why!!! Any ideas???

No Groc Getter · 01-29-2002, 02:03 PM

Do you have any aftermarket amps that don't turn off when the key is off? (Look for the power lights). If so they are wired in wrong.

joe4speed · 01-29-2002, 02:16 PM

How old is the battery?

toughlilhunny · 01-29-2002, 05:03 PM

the battery isn't stock, but i'm not sure how old it is either. For sure not as old as the car though. The only thing electrical wise that I have is my CD player and that's connected directly to the battery to keep the memory, the stock radio wasn't digital so...
I know its not my CD player, b/c we think that something is rubbing somewhere and and I know if their was a wire in my car that rubbing and burning up I would of smelled it, b/c of the way I am with my car. If u have any more advice let me know. Thanks!

No Groc Getter · 01-29-2002, 06:16 PM

When you say that CD is wired directly to your battery do you mean that you can play CD's without the key turned on?

joe4speed · 01-29-2002, 06:41 PM

Did you replace that entire wire that was fried? If not, maybe it's shorting out somewhere else? And if it had shorted out, it could have hurt the battery so it's not keeping a charge. Electrical problems suck. I would probably take out the battery and alternator and have them tested at an auto parts store, they'll do it for free. Do you have underdrive pulleys on the car?

toughlilhunny · 01-29-2002, 08:47 PM

yes i have underdrive pulley's and no my CD player doesn't work unless the car is on

toughlilhunny · 01-29-2002, 08:48 PM

yes i have underdrive pulley's and no my CD player doesn't work unless the car is on, and yes we replaced the fried wire

joe4speed · 01-30-2002, 01:42 AM

did the 91's come with the 130 amp alternator anyone? I can't remember.
I had to change the wimpy one in my 88 to the 130 amp one cuz it was frying batteries all the time with my underdrives.

toughlilhunny · 01-30-2002, 01:02 PM

the 91's didn't have 130 amps, not till 94 and 95

01-29-2002, 12:53 PM	#1
toughlilhunny Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 23	electrical Probs...need help!!! I'm having some electrical probs on my 91 LX 5.0. My battery keeps draining all by itself...the battery is good and has been charged numerous times, then left over night and is completely dead in the morning. We found one wire fried and fixed it, which i believe went to my headlights, but the batter still keeps draining itself out and can't figure out why!!! Any ideas??? __________________ confucious says "why build a 4 cylinder and spend so much money,when you can buy a V8 and have ten times the power...The difference between men and boys is the speed of their toys, injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown, good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

01-29-2002, 02:03 PM	#2
No Groc Getter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 30	Do you have any aftermarket amps that don't turn off when the key is off? (Look for the power lights). If so they are wired in wrong. __________________ 89 LX Coupe 93 LX Coupe (Bone Stock)

01-29-2002, 02:16 PM	#3
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	How old is the battery? __________________ *Joe!* 1988 GT, 13.58@101mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com

01-29-2002, 05:03 PM	#4
toughlilhunny Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 23	the battery isn't stock, but i'm not sure how old it is either. For sure not as old as the car though. The only thing electrical wise that I have is my CD player and that's connected directly to the battery to keep the memory, the stock radio wasn't digital so... I know its not my CD player, b/c we think that something is rubbing somewhere and and I know if their was a wire in my car that rubbing and burning up I would of smelled it, b/c of the way I am with my car. If u have any more advice let me know. Thanks! __________________ confucious says "why build a 4 cylinder and spend so much money,when you can buy a V8 and have ten times the power...The difference between men and boys is the speed of their toys, injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown, good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

01-29-2002, 06:16 PM	#5
No Groc Getter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 30	When you say that CD is wired directly to your battery do you mean that you can play CD's without the key turned on? __________________ 89 LX Coupe 93 LX Coupe (Bone Stock)

01-29-2002, 06:41 PM	#6
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	Did you replace that entire wire that was fried? If not, maybe it's shorting out somewhere else? And if it had shorted out, it could have hurt the battery so it's not keeping a charge. Electrical problems suck. I would probably take out the battery and alternator and have them tested at an auto parts store, they'll do it for free. Do you have underdrive pulleys on the car? __________________ *Joe!* 1988 GT, 13.58@101mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com

01-29-2002, 08:47 PM	#7
toughlilhunny Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 23	yes i have underdrive pulley's and no my CD player doesn't work unless the car is on __________________ confucious says "why build a 4 cylinder and spend so much money,when you can buy a V8 and have ten times the power...The difference between men and boys is the speed of their toys, injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown, good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

01-29-2002, 08:48 PM	#8
toughlilhunny Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 23	yes i have underdrive pulley's and no my CD player doesn't work unless the car is on, and yes we replaced the fried wire __________________ confucious says "why build a 4 cylinder and spend so much money,when you can buy a V8 and have ten times the power...The difference between men and boys is the speed of their toys, injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown, good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

01-30-2002, 01:42 AM	#9
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	did the 91's come with the 130 amp alternator anyone? I can't remember. I had to change the wimpy one in my 88 to the 130 amp one cuz it was frying batteries all the time with my underdrives. __________________ *Joe!* 1988 GT, 13.58@101mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com

01-30-2002, 01:02 PM	#10
toughlilhunny Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 23	the 91's didn't have 130 amps, not till 94 and 95 __________________ confucious says "why build a 4 cylinder and spend so much money,when you can buy a V8 and have ten times the power...The difference between men and boys is the speed of their toys, injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown, good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

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