Hey Gilly,

Thanks for checking into this! It has actually taken some time for me to trace where the drain came from and the culprit is clearly the coolant pump running for hours. This has happened more than once where I go the garage(it's quiet) and the pump is humming hours after the car was shutoff and the engine is now cold.
The problem is that it only does it intermittently and causes me a drained battery when I don't drive the truck for several days on one of the run-on's. That's when the battery is dead!
It's been quick charged about three times now to get me going and I've charged it four or five times when it's happened at home all in a year and a half.

Help!

Rgds, Ed

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2000 ML430 Skyview "The Mel"
2000 CLK430 Cab "The Cab"
85 300D Turbo "The Diesel"

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92 300E
85 190E

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