Talon is sick

[Gh0zTeR]

This one is a little werid... and the problem happend after i got my new alpine deck installed... including a 12 amp pre out cable that goes from the deck ot the battery

anyways

the fist time i had a problem was when i was pulling out after i had the deck installed.

i went into first pulled away then put it in second gave it gas felt a little hickup amost and then my check engine light came on... i came to a stop and noticed that my idle was surging.. pissed off i drove home and left the car over night.

the next morning i drove to work just fine
no problems @ all
then on the way home about halfway
i was going about 80 and another very small hickup... like a small interupt in power...
and the check engine light came on again... came to stop @ the light and again with the check engine light

anyone know what could be happening here ?

 

[Ghost1984]

somebody correct me if im wrong but sometimes your radio can interfere with your spark plugs, thats why they have the R in the name, like bp6res i think, i forget what the R is for but it keeps the radio from interfering with the spark. you might try this but im not sure since you said it happend after you installed the deck.

 

[sphillips91]

Any clicking noises from under the dash when this happens?

 

[Gh0zTeR]

not that i have noticed but I will listen for it...

i have NGK plugs.. not sure of the part number though... and if it means anything its only happend when im listing to a cd... but that could just be luck or whatever.

ummm when i was having the deck installed.. they said that i would not need the 12 amp pre-out wire.. they had the car off they were blasting the system and then everything went dead because it needed that cable.. could that have anything to do with it ?

 

[sphillips91]

Only thing I can say is check your grounding on the head unit.

Random CELs and loss of power seems like a common problem associated with ECU capacitors leaking though. Was happening to me randomly and replacing my ECU caps fixed it.

As far as the headunit causing the problems I dunno. Never seen a stereo install, right or wrong cause that.

Unless you have some monster system draining the hell out of your battery/alternator but I dont think thats the case heh.

 

[leakyfaucet]

Ever try finding out what the CEL was for?