I am possibly getting a 1991 civic hatch. theres a problem with it though. starter and battery have been replaced but the dude says it has a short in the taillights and the battery gets drained. so he installed a kill switch on the battery. any ideas why the battery would keep getting drained even with the car off?

 

it has a draw...something is staying on

 

how do i figure out what it is?

 

a whole lot of wire tracing and checking plugs/wires/etc..

might take 20 minutes may take 20 days..

 

damnit.....will it hurt it just to run it with the kill switch till then? or am i looking at having to replace/recharge the battery a shit load till i figure it out?

 

well having a kill switch it should not kill the battery at all...once you flip the switch the battery is just sitting there not hooked up so to speak..then once you turn the switch the battery is back in the loop and ready

 

k so the kill switch will buy me time to figure it out....any ideas where i should start looking? dude says it takes bout 8 hrs to fully drain the battery. so im thinkin something isnt grounded right?

 

its more than likely a power issue...bad bulbs can cause it...

a screw thru wiring...a chafed wire touching the body...

a thousand possibilities

 

sweet. he said the battery was relocated to the trunk. possible bad wiring or screw through wire could be it. well thanks man. will probably be gettin the car tomorrow. will deffinitely keep u updated on my findings.

 

ok got another question. would this kill a starter? the starter committed suicide today. this will be the second one hes had go in a month.