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Car dies after a day or two

Tiny
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  • 1999 KIA SEPHIA
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I notice that my car battery would die after a day, so I changed the alternator thinking it's that, that didn't work. Then I changed the starter and it would drive around for maybe 3 days after being charged (10 miles per day).

But car dies after a day or two. It'll let me drive around, then after I turn it off, The next day it'll be dead. Also, I check the alternator by removing the negative cable from the battery when the car is on, and it stays running.

What can the problem be?

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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 AT 5:05 PM

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Tiny
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Get a battery drain test-something is probably eating up the battery overnite due to a short circuit-
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 AT 5:34 PM
Tiny
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Will that tell me exactly where the problem is coming from.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 AT 5:44 PM
Tiny
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Should be if its done correctly
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012 AT 6:13 PM

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