austinrick
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- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
I had a detailer clean 360,000 miles of grime off the 3.0L engine of my Ranger last week, knowing there is some risk in that. When he was through she would not start, but after drying out the inside of the distributor cap she started and has run like normal.
She sat for 2-3 days over last weekend and when I tried to start her yesterday got nothing but a clicking starter (machine gun style). Took the battery to AutoZone, it tested old but good. Took home, put on charger, back into truck and she started right up, ran like normal. Started sluggish today, battery measured 12.5ishV, but she started.
I saw on another forum that static current draw measured between neg battery post and cable should be around .01A. Mine is reading .22A so something is drawing current.
What I noticed is that with the multimeter set to 10A and leads across post > clamp, the reading drops from .22A to .01A (normal) by itself over about 10-15 seconds. Is this normal? How am I supposed to pull fuses and watch for the current draw to drop to normal when I interrupt the offending circuit if it drops to normal by itself?
Any other advice appreciated.
She sat for 2-3 days over last weekend and when I tried to start her yesterday got nothing but a clicking starter (machine gun style). Took the battery to AutoZone, it tested old but good. Took home, put on charger, back into truck and she started right up, ran like normal. Started sluggish today, battery measured 12.5ishV, but she started.
I saw on another forum that static current draw measured between neg battery post and cable should be around .01A. Mine is reading .22A so something is drawing current.
What I noticed is that with the multimeter set to 10A and leads across post > clamp, the reading drops from .22A to .01A (normal) by itself over about 10-15 seconds. Is this normal? How am I supposed to pull fuses and watch for the current draw to drop to normal when I interrupt the offending circuit if it drops to normal by itself?
Any other advice appreciated.