Hello all,
I have a 1979 Sea Ray with a 898 Mercruiser. After storing it for the winter I forgot the drain plug in and it filled with water. After draining it, I changed the battery and everything seemed fine. But after running it for a while the new battery started leaking fluid, indicating to me it was overcharged. I changed it again but now it dies very quicly with the ignition off. If I have the ignition on, without the motor running it dies within minutes. I put a test light in line from the pos post to the pos cable with the cable disconnected it shows a slight discharge, but not enough in my opinion to kill the battery so quickly. My question is it possible the alternator might be fried even though it charges while running, so it discharges the battery while the engine is off, and aldo is the alternator internally regulated so it might overcharge the battery even tough the gauge shows normal charging parameters. Or could there be another reason I'm having these issues. The ignition is a point ignition, but that shouldn't draw enough juice to kill the battery within min if ign is left on ( I think )
I have a 1979 Sea Ray with a 898 Mercruiser. After storing it for the winter I forgot the drain plug in and it filled with water. After draining it, I changed the battery and everything seemed fine. But after running it for a while the new battery started leaking fluid, indicating to me it was overcharged. I changed it again but now it dies very quicly with the ignition off. If I have the ignition on, without the motor running it dies within minutes. I put a test light in line from the pos post to the pos cable with the cable disconnected it shows a slight discharge, but not enough in my opinion to kill the battery so quickly. My question is it possible the alternator might be fried even though it charges while running, so it discharges the battery while the engine is off, and aldo is the alternator internally regulated so it might overcharge the battery even tough the gauge shows normal charging parameters. Or could there be another reason I'm having these issues. The ignition is a point ignition, but that shouldn't draw enough juice to kill the battery within min if ign is left on ( I think )