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Old 01-07-23, 01:02 PM
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Hello

I have a mint, 1 owner, garaged, maintained o4 ES 100k miles new battery. I have the dead battery problem after 1 1/2 weeks of sitting. Probably why the old couple sold it.

And am not new to restoring cars.

Looking through the threads I don't see where the solutions were found after tests and speculation.
Does anyone have thread(s) (or summary) where the solutions were?

thanks

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There are numerous threads on the subject. Firsts step is find out what the current draw is after the car has been off for 30+ minutes
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Saw this YouTube video today (linked below), and I believe the diagnostic techniques should be similar.
In short, check the current draw, compare it to normal specs. This is done by putting a voltmeter in between the ground wire and the negative battery terminal. Then pull fuses to see if the draw goes down. Isolate the issue from there.
I have also attached a helpful forum post.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es-...diagnosis.html
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