My chevy camaro drains the battery in three days?

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I have tested the car for a short by doing the following but, I did not find the problem. I removed the possitive cable waited for PCM to go to sleep... placed a fluke meter set in amps, positive lead on cable and negative on battery post, my readings were minus 6.75 and I when i reversed the cables my readings were plus 4.60 I pulled all the fuses one by one in both modes inside the car as well as under the hood the numbers never changed. I was expecting to see the meter go to Zero as I was pulling the fuses out to find the problem but, was unsuccessful. At this point I'm frustrated as I ve not found what's causing the draw in the battery,If you have any tips on how should I continue looking for the short please reply.
 
If you restarted the car by a "jump" from another car, then it's likely you may have blown the diodes in the alternator thereby allowing the current to drain back through it.
Take it out and have it checked at a parts store.
 
you can just have a bad battery or alternator, you can try this, crank ti up and let it run and then disconnect the positive lead of the battery, if the car cuts off then you need a new alternator, if it stays running you need a new battery, i tried that on my chevy silverado last summer, truck cut off and replaced the alternator, that fixed it, my truck would crank up kind of weak and the volt gauge would slowly go down after driving it about a week almost
 
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