I would do the ammeter procedure. If you find a high draw try removing fuses one at a time to help determine where. Do you have a modern radio installed? they can draw down a battery especially in cold weather.
Ray -----Original Message----- From: vw1959 <[email protected]> To: vintagvw <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 11:04 am Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Battery Drain on 72 Bug Sometimes battery fluid leaks upward onto top surface of battery due to vibration/road bumps, and spreads between and "connecting" both terminals, causing a "short". This happened to me several years ago. I fixed by cleaning and putting powdered baking soda (?) on the battery top to soak up future leaks. Might've used a different powder... On 03/25/15, Mike Morehouse<[email protected]> wrote: Good morning. I have stock 72 bug with about 110,000 miles on it. Depending on weather I don't drive it a lot - maybe once-twice a week. Battery is not that old. Going through records to see when I bought it. Problem is battery drains down maybe within a week of driving it last so that it won't start. Checked to make sure that I haven't left any lights on like interior light and such. Next thought was to disconnect battery ground from chassis under rear seat and put an ammeter in series and see if I have any current flowing to anything even with ignition switch off. Would that be best diagnostic to run? Next check would be to remove battery and have it load tested at parts store. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike in alabama -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
