[spadz93]

About a year ago, I got a brand new Interstate megatron plus to replace the factory battery in my 2010 SS. For a while though, my alternator had been on it's way out (power steering fluid leaked all over it). More recently, I finally got around to replacing the alternator and the power steering pump, and all has been well, except for today.

Hadn't started my car since Sunday (three days time), went out to start it up, and she was dead. Luckily I had enough space in the driveway to push-start it the old fashion way, which was successful.

Is it possible that the alternator being on it's way out for so long shortened the battery's life by that much? Is there a proper way to check for parasitic drain with a regular multimeter? Three days is a relatively short time for the battery to die, so something tells me I either have a dead cell or two, or something's knocking my power out.