Found a parasitic draw, for those who cant figure theirs out.
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Found a parasitic draw, for those who cant figure theirs out.
I found a parasitic draw in my 97 dodge van that may help some of you who cant track yours down.
if you have power locks and windows, there is a black panel mounted to your doors interior. Behind the black panel are the wires. I found 2 wires with broken sheilding, which caused both wires to rub against metal on the door. As a result of that, it prevented the key fob from working as it should, it also drew power from my battery 24/7 and would randomly unlock all the doors on the van. It caused an engine code 54 ( no fuel sync, camshaft signal detected during engine crank)
as a result of this, the van would often times decide to not crank at all, completely at random with no warning. Then if you were lucky, it would crank and run a random hour later
It would also run very sluggish with low power amd high pinging noises under load.
Since i have repaired the area, all of these symptoms have disapeared and the van runs 300% stronger & smoother. I have since bought a new battery which also helped alot.
if you have power locks and windows, there is a black panel mounted to your doors interior. Behind the black panel are the wires. I found 2 wires with broken sheilding, which caused both wires to rub against metal on the door. As a result of that, it prevented the key fob from working as it should, it also drew power from my battery 24/7 and would randomly unlock all the doors on the van. It caused an engine code 54 ( no fuel sync, camshaft signal detected during engine crank)
as a result of this, the van would often times decide to not crank at all, completely at random with no warning. Then if you were lucky, it would crank and run a random hour later
It would also run very sluggish with low power amd high pinging noises under load.
Since i have repaired the area, all of these symptoms have disapeared and the van runs 300% stronger & smoother. I have since bought a new battery which also helped alot.
