!988 Johnson140

amsamu

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Ok heres the deal. I charge the batteries all week go out on the boat it starts fine but once i shut it off batteries are dead . So i go buy 2 new 1100 cranking amp batteries and again same thing happens so now i put a shut off on one of the batteries go out yesterday and same thing happens...Now what im confused on is if this could be a bad ground somewere or something else and as for yesterdays ride we only stopped for 2 minutes max and nothing ...Heres what i found and im not sure it's stock but on the ground on the motor was 4 wires the battery black the pump black and 2 others one was green that was broke b ut i cant find were it goes any ideas? Or maybe whats next to look for thanks for any help Brandon..
 

Daviet

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Re: !988 Johnson140

Are all the cable connections clean and tight, on the battery and engine including the ground cable?
What else do you have hooked up to your battery? Disconnect the negative cable and insert a volt meter or test light between the battery post and the cable end. If the light lights up or the volt meter shows voltage, you have something drawing down your battery. You are going to have to disconnect stuff until you lose the draw.
 
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