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1990 Toyota Corolla Help

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CHAKONGVANG
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1990 Toyota Corolla Front Wheel Drive Manual 95000 miles

I just got a 1990 toyota corolla gts from a friend and its been sitting at his garage for 1 year now. It was running on a old battery but i manage to get it back home and fixed the brake. It was running good pretty good when i brought it home but shortly afther i fixed the brake the car die on me. ( the car needed new brake pads and new rear break routers) so i thought it was the battery and brought it to autozone and they fully recharged it for me. But ten mins afther i put the batery back in it died on me once more so i bought a new battery instead. It worked about 20 mins but afther i turn the engine off i cant turn it back on anymore . I think it could be the alternator but it just got replace 6 months ago. so what could it be? Could there have been somthing draining the battery? please Help
May 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM
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MMPRINCE4000
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Many autoparts stores can test for battery drains, Advance Auto Parts for one.

Have the charging system tested and have them check for drains.

I also would mention that a car that sits for a year without a fuel stabilzer in the fuel mostlikely has significant fuel varnish build up in the fuel system.
May 13, 2009 at 1:37 AM
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