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Battery keeps dying after tune. help?

luisinho93

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My car has been running fine prior to the tune, I never had a dead battery on the coyote before in the 2 years owning the car.
When I hooked up the ngauge to the OBD port to flash the tune the car was on the normal voltage. When the tune flashed the car died. I jumped start it and left it running for 5-10 mins. Then I took it back to the garage. Next morning the battery was dead. Nothing was left on.
Today I jump started it again drove it around town for an hour or so. Took it to the garage and after 30 minutes the voltage was at 9.5V and it wouldn't start.

Anyway I can get this fixed?
I'll be going to Autozone tomorrow to get the battery checked out
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if the battery died shortly after, the battery was already low, the ngauge or any tuner for that matter, does draw a fair amount of power, but not enough to kill a healthy battery.

more than likely the battery has a bad cell, or something is steadily draining the battery.

hit an autozone and have it tested to start with. then go from there, if it tests good. then something is drawing power, if it tests bad, then thats your issue.

an unplugged ngague cannot drain power, a tune cannot drain power.
 
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if the battery died shortly after, the battery was already low, the ngauge or any tuner for that matter, does draw a fair amount of power, but not enough to kill a healthy battery.

more than likely the battery has a bad cell, or something is steadily draining the battery.

hit an autozone and have it tested to start with. then go from there, if it tests good. then something is drawing power, if it tests bad, then thats your issue.

an unplugged ngague cannot drain power, a tune cannot drain power.
yeah i figured. went to buy a new battery
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