80 Series Electrical Questions.
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:30
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To those with 80 series Landcruisers, I have a couple of questions that I could use your help with. I have a 1997 GXL diesel land cruiser, and I had a battery die on me over the weekend. The battery was 2.5yrs old so I was not too concerned, and I called NRMA to get a replacement battery. Once installed, he did his final
test, and he believes my glow plugs are staying on after start up for way to long. They have always stayed on for a long time, about 30 to 40 seconds when cold, and he believes this could be affecting the battery. So is this normal, is it too long, how long does your glow plugs stay on for.
Secondly, my 80 series slowly drains the battery when sitting idle for to long. Their is a very small current draw on the main battery, about 100 milliamperes. Again I'd like to know is this amount of current draw from a battery with ignition off normal, and if so whats using this amount of energy when its sitting in the shed.
Thanks In Advance, Dwayne.