Car Shorted out!!!!!

[RacethisTSI]

i had a bad CAS and just installed the replacement. went to start the car and it would not start. so i checked everything and then tryed it again. there was a loud pop and not i have no power in the entire car....please help

 

[justin0469]

check all your fuses

 

[BOBS90TURBO]

What kind of POP??? Was it out of the exhaust, like a back fire????

Are you getting any spark/fire.

Need more info...

 

[RacethisTSI]

Deffinettly not out the exuast..it sounded like it came from the egine bay.....ummm...i cant tell you anything else because i have no power in the entire car...and i have a brand new battery...so i dont know...but it was an electrical pop

 

[Defiant]

Do you have a strut bar? Is the positive terminal covered by a vinyl cap? Is your battery tied down?

 

[RacethisTSI]

no strut bar and heres a new twist...i have power on the block...acually the entire motor. when you though a power tester to the possitive end of the battery and then the block the light comes on...i dont think this is right....i have a 1g cas wired in and im just lost right now...no power to the entire car...???? please help

 

[Defiant]

no strut bar and heres a new twist...i have power on the block...acually the entire motor. when you though a power tester to the possitive end of the battery and then the block the light comes on...i dont think this is right....

Wow.

Find a buddy who has a clue. Now.

 

[RacethisTSI]

thats wut im looking for

 

[dedlewamp]

no strut bar and heres a new twist...i have power on the block...acually the entire motor. when you though a power tester to the possitive end of the battery and then the block the light comes on...i dont think this is right....i have a 1g cas wired in and im just lost right now...no power to the entire car...???? please help

Of course the tester is going to light up when you touch the ends on the positive side of the battery and a ground. The engine block is grounded, thus it's completing the circuit. If you are getting no power anywhere in the car, check your fuses. It's most likely the main fuse, which is directly off the positive cable of the battery. It's a larger fuse, check that with your test light, and see if it's still good.

Check the fuses under the hood and inside the car. Also, check to see that your battery terminals are secure and have a good connection. It shouldn't be very hard.

 

[kevingst]

Wow.

Find a buddy who has a clue. Now.

Perhaps this isn't the type of helpful post he was looking for? Thanks dedlewamp for taking the time to enlighten him. If you hadn't I was about to. However, 2g's don't have that little fuseblock off the pos. wire. Just the main fuse panel aft of the air filter. Btw, racethistsi, check all the grounds on your engine and exhaust. Granted you are apparently still getting continuity judging from your positive terminal-to-block test you might not have all the grounds intact. The two I can think of off the top of my head is from the intake man.-to-firewall & cat. converter-to-body.

 

[RacethisTSI]

Thanks for the input..ill check those and get back to you

 

[RacethisTSI]

Holy Shit.....i go out today..do a few power tests and holy shit...the car had power...and i didnt touch a thing...only with a dsm would this happen...no idea how it happened but ok ill take it...any idea wut would cause this

 

[DiamondStarM]

Holy Shit.....i go out today..do a few power tests and holy shit...the car had power...and i didnt touch a thing...only with a dsm would this happen

...and an RX7, those cars make no sense electronically