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Battery keeps dying out. I bought the right kind of battery aweek ago and had the alternator replaced 2 times, and it still kills the battery. what would be the cause?

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You could possibly have a blown fuseable link in between the altenator and battery.a fuseable link is a hard piece of rubber that has a fuse inside of it. the rubber is an insulator. when you locate it, the rubber will be burnt hard and very dry. it will crack under pressure is one way to check it and you will have several of those links,links to different electrical components. one easy way to check if your altenator is charging is with the engine running, remove the positive cable from battery[ careful not to ground it or let it touch any metal] if car dies,altenator charge is not going to the battery. hope this helps and thank you for choosing fixya.com

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