Bioscache2
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Recently I've had some problems with my starter seeming a little sluggish on start up. It's been cold so I suspected the battery but autozone tested it and says it was good, just low. I've been monitoring the volts and the car seems to try and be charging the battery a lot at start up (14.5 volts) It will drop off to 14.2 or so after a while but this repeats itself. I hooked up an amp meter to see if the car was drawing any juice while off and it's taking 1.6 amps, which seems excessive. I pulled every fuse I had in the car but nothing affected this, the only amp I left untouched was the airbag amps just in case. The problem is new and I can't figure out what the draw is or what the problem is.
Is 1.6 amps excessive and any suggestions? The battery is about 3 years old and is a premium battery. Recent work on the car was one new coil, and new plugs and wires. It was done by a pretty good shop so doubtful that was the problem, especially since this happens when the car is off. One other item is that if I leave the battery disconnected for a minute or so, then connect it with the meter it jumps to about 16 amps for a split second (digital meter) and then settles down to 1.5 amps pretty quickly (some capacitor I'm guessing). The only aftermarket item is a seat warmer that was installed years ago and we hooked it to a fuse that we pulled to check.
Is 1.6 amps excessive and any suggestions? The battery is about 3 years old and is a premium battery. Recent work on the car was one new coil, and new plugs and wires. It was done by a pretty good shop so doubtful that was the problem, especially since this happens when the car is off. One other item is that if I leave the battery disconnected for a minute or so, then connect it with the meter it jumps to about 16 amps for a split second (digital meter) and then settles down to 1.5 amps pretty quickly (some capacitor I'm guessing). The only aftermarket item is a seat warmer that was installed years ago and we hooked it to a fuse that we pulled to check.