Battery keep losing juice...HELP??

akito

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So i had my car sat for the winter. I went out and try to fired her up just to let it sit there and run about 2 weeks a go. I would do that every 4-5 days. That day when i had the key in the gauges were on. However when i try to turn her on it would dim the lights and after couple of tries there was no juice left. So i guess there the battery is gone since i tried the stereo and it didnt work either.
So i recharged my battery and pop it back on 2 days later and it would fired up right away. I thought it was back to normal but about couple days after that i tried to fire her up and nothing was there; no door lights no gauges. NOTHING. And i have been doing this for the past week. Im not sure if theres a bad connection anywhere and i have checked possible places. No blowned fuses.
The battery is out right now recharging but i dont know where to start to look for possible answers. Please help, i want to run her again because it is getting warmer now. If theres anything missing please inform me. Any input is more than appreciated. Thanks
 

johnathan1

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You're using a lot of the battery's power everytime you start the car, and since you just let it sit and idle for a short period of time...it never recharges fully...so if you keep doing that, it WILL eventually die.

You don't need to run the car all the time, BTW.
 

Suprawannabe

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Your battery sound like it's on it's last leg. Get it load tested to see if it is bad. This can put a strain on your alternator so you might want to check that out as well while getting the battery tested.
 

akito

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Well, this is wat i have right now, a 89 camry 2 piece tape player in there. I just bought PHOENIX6 head unit. Waiting for shipping. Would u think that the 89 camry stereo would do anything???
 

KeithH

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The MkIII will slowly drain the battery if you leave it sit. Get a battery tender (trickle charger) and leave that connected for those long (read more than a couple days) periods between starting.
 

akito

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black87turbo said:
Check your alternator

I had thought about that but it doesnt seem that way. But i will get my alternater tested anyways. And the battery too. Hopefully there is not a bad connection anywhere. Thanks for all the input guys.