Hey folks,
I have an 89 Jetta GL 5speed. Original motor and trans. Thursday I drove the car all over Memphis and got home a couple hours after my little road tour and parked the car.
Lights were off, radio disconnected (detachable face) and went in the house. I came out a few hours later and the battery was pretty much dead.
I put the battery on a 10amp charge and it charged back up within an hour.
I put it in the engine compartment but did NOT connect it since i wanted to see if there was a drain from the system or if the battery was starting to give out.
*note: battery is only 1 year oldSo yesterday (24hrs after charging) I hooked the battery back up, turned the ignition and if fired right up. Drove it around for about 5 minutes and parked it.
I checked it two more times during the day, both times about 1 hour apart.
On the second try, battery was dead.
So, before I take it to Metric and have them trace the problem, is there anything I can do to try and _find_ the problem myself ? I've never traced an electrical problem before so any pointers would be helpful.
*other things of note: there was some corrosion on the positive battery connector.Finally, could it really _be_ the battery ?
TIA
Chris