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My 1998 deville battery drains over night. Checked alternator,and stater, and any lights and mechanic said something about a motor mount busted. The belt by the engine is shredding slowly and i do not know what that belt is called to replace it. i think it may be the pulley being eaten. Please help me.

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I would like to know more but my guess is something shorted get a cheap short light tester and a friend .Now disconnect the ground cable and clean the positive cable and put it back on.Now have your friend hold the tester to the battery post and the other end to the cable if it lights up you should pull one fuse at a time and find out what circuit the short is in.WARNING make sure the interior light is not on this will show a short or power drain.As far as the belt and motor mount ??? doesn't sound right.

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  • Posted on Jan 10, 2009

SOURCE: Car dies while driving

I had same problem and turned out my alternator plug kept falling out. ground was good but the plug with the clips was bent and kept falling out. had to make sure it was fixed by someone who knew what they were doing and had to take it to the dealer. charged me $75 to rewire anew plug on, took them one hour. have your battery and alternator tested at local Autozone or AAP

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SOURCE: battery keeps dying in the middle of the night

have the alternator checked it could test good and still be bad but it can also drain the battery 9 times out of 10 its the alternator thats draining the battery

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  • Posted on Mar 31, 2009

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  • Posted on Apr 11, 2009

SOURCE: My 1988 Cadillac Deville has a new battery and

A 12V battery drain, doesn't necessarily mean a bulb is on. There could be 17,842 other reasons such as a sticking seat switch, blower motor staying on, I could go on. Need to have it tested for that,and identify the circuit with the drain on it. Then beginto search and see what is the cause. Hope this helps

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 29, 2009

SOURCE: blower motor has no power 1994 cadillac deville

If there is only high speed fan, then replace the resistor assembly in the heater plenum. If there is no fan at all, then check the ground to the blower- the wire fails down in the fender well. Just run a new ground from a convenient spot to the motor's plug harness. Or it could just be a bad blower motor.

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