Parasitic battery drain help, Battery is being drained daily! please help! Options

[deadxwreckoning]

Hello everyone.

I got a small issue that maybe you all could help me out with? My fan relay blew last week, and my fans have been modified to run 24/7 when the keys are inserted. I bought a new relay, and it was supposed to be an authentic Toyota relay, but it was some cheap Taiwan knockoff, anyway it works though. The next day, my battery died while driving and would not hold a charge, so I replaced the battery that night. The next day after the battery was dead again when I went to start the car. Something is causing a large parasitic drain on the battery. Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this? Maybe the fan relay because it's a cheap knockoff? Any help would be appreciated. Car is a 1995 JDM GT-FOUR.

Thanks

[deadxwreckoning]

Thanks for the tips guys, I will have to get a multimeter and test the fuses and relays. I really hope it's just the fan relay - if so I'll have to get a REAL Toyota relay. Got ripped on ebay (guy showed toyota relay and said it was a toyota relay - get a crap piece! haha) but I will have to see with the multimeter.

And richee3 - yes, It's a GT-FOUR in the states! I just picked it up a month ago.

This post has been edited by deadxwreckoning: Apr 3, 2012 - 8:52 PM

[Special_Edy]

Thanks for the tips guys, I will have to get a multimeter and test the fuses and relays. I really hope it's just the fan relay - if so I'll have to get a REAL Toyota relay. Got ripped on ebay (guy showed toyota relay and said it was a toyota relay - get a crap piece! haha) but I will have to see with the multimeter.

And richee3 - yes, It's a GT-FOUR in the states! I just picked it up a month ago.

Your local autoparts store should be able to provide you with a free test of the battery, alternator and starter if you can drive it up there(they usually do check engine lights free too!), just make sure they use one that has metal cooling vents on top(this means it actually places a load on the battery which is better).
Also I always buy my relays from the wrecking yard. You can get a fistfull of genuine ones out of a celica for $5 -$10 and they will exchange them if they are defective.

For a multimeter you can get a digital one for $20 at the parts store here around here. It will have more functions than you or I will ever need or use and its pretty ruged compared to ones more specifically for home use(though it should work great for both DC automotive and AC residential)