Battery drains by itself in a day

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Hi everyone, i having been driving my fto for a couple of weeks with a healthy voltage and no signs of cranking problems.

It was only just yesterday afternoon when i realised i couldn't start the car at all. (Checked nothing was left switched on) I then finally managed to start it after a forcing a long and dreadful cranking noise while stepping on the accelerator. I tried switching off and starting the engine repeatedly and it starts again although not as dreadful.

With that, I concluded that the longer that i leave the car unattended, the less the power on the battery has to start the car up..

As i needed to drive the car to work daily, i had no time to troubleshoot it but to purchase a new set of battery.

The thing is i'm curious if it's something that causes the battery to drain its power or just a faulty set? I sure hope it's the latter though.

Anyway i have just took some pictures of the battery voltage with its new battery. There was still a slight prolonged cranking sound though. *sigh* Guys please tell me know if it looks normal to you...*pray*

Ignition Key Only


Engine Started

[Dragonheart]

Looks ok to me, from memory thats what mine looks like.
I had the same problem with my battery when I came back from nearly a year away, the car wasnt started for a few months so the battery went dead. Anytime I charged it it just went dead the next night it was left out. A new battery sorted it out, you should be fine now.

[russdfc]

yeah looks fine to me too i had a problem with my car not starting/turning over slow turned out the battery was on its way out but was still showing 12volts until i turned her over then dropped to 8volts and so was the starter motor after replacing both has been fine now for over two years sometimes it a case of elimination starting with the cheapest first what are the volts when turning over? does it turn over slow?

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The meters turns pretty quick but yesterday was more like gradual turn..Anyway i guess all's well for now and thanks for the responses!