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husker boxster · 11-17-2020, 05:34 AM

The battery is the easiest place to start. You can take it to any store and have it checked.

Three yrs ago I bought a WD car that I found would lose a charge after 3-4 days. The battery would charge back up and be good again for a while. The battery was 1.5 yrs old. I was certain I had a parasitic drain. Contacted JFP asking how to track down a drain. He sent instructions but also suggested starting at the beginning by checking the battery first. I was convinced a 1.5 yr old battery couldn't be the issue but I had it checked. It was bad. Replaced it and never had an issue thereafter. JFP saved me a lot of wasted time chasing my tail.

11-17-2020, 05:34 AM	#5
husker boxster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Omaha Posts: 2,866	The battery is the easiest place to start. You can take it to any store and have it checked. Three yrs ago I bought a WD car that I found would lose a charge after 3-4 days. The battery would charge back up and be good again for a while. The battery was 1.5 yrs old. I was certain I had a parasitic drain. Contacted JFP asking how to track down a drain. He sent instructions but also suggested starting at the beginning by checking the battery first. I was convinced a 1.5 yr old battery couldn't be the issue but I had it checked. It was bad. Replaced it and never had an issue thereafter. JFP saved me a lot of wasted time chasing my tail. __________________ GPRPCA Chief Driving Instructor 2008 Boxster S Limited Edition #005 2008 Cayman S Sport - Signal Green 1989 928 S4 5 spd - black 1987 928 S4 - Granite Green Metallic (Felsengrun) Last edited by husker boxster; 11-18-2020 at 05:04 AM.