Zero Power

[Laser0385]

Well, dropped the car off yesterday morning with Andre down at PINA.

Chatted with him for a few and headed home. Called Andre today to check in and see how things were going. It appears that the car has somehow, in a period of less than 12 hours of inactivity developed quite a problem.

Andre went to pull the car into the car bay last evening and no power. None of the electronics, lights, etc. work whatsoever. He proceeded to check the battery, plenty of juice; all the fuses looked great, etc. etc. I have owned the car for roughly 6 months with zero problems similar to this. It has sat for weeks at a time and never had any problems starting right up or keeping power to all the accessories. I am just shocked how this can happen so quickly with NOTHING being done to the car.

Anyone ever experience this problem?

 

[luv2rallye]

Not tight battery cable connection would do that. Take both off, clean, re-install.

 

[Laser0385]

Not tight battery cable connection would do that. Take both off, clean, re-install.

I will call the shop and have them check that.

Any other possible ideas?

 

[Laser0385]

UPDATE:

Andre got the car running. He threw a jumper box to it and cranked up the amps, fired right up. Turned the car off and than tried to start it without the box, again, started right up. Andre thinks the battery just may not have enough amps to get it going.

He also did a few basic settings with my translator and DSMLink before calling it a day yesterday. Sadly, Andre and the shop is closed for the next few days for the Labor Day weekend, so Tuesday is the next time he'll get back to work on my car.

I'll have a few more things for him to do once he gets back though. I put in a brand new OE front oxygen sensor a couple days ago and the DSMLink isn't showing any activity with it. Also, I am going to see if he can throw the car on the dyno and do a full tune with the current set-up.

Topic still isn't 100% resolved until I replace the battery and determine that was the cause of the problem to begin with.

 

[Burnett03]

Why is the car being dropped off to be tuned by someone else when you have link? Wideband and link and you can tune it yourself.. Take some WOT pulls, post the log and let us link guys help you.. Don't pay others to do what you can do with some help.

 

[Laser0385]

Why is the car being dropped off to be tuned by someone else when you have link? Wideband and link and you can tune it yourself.. Take some WOT pulls, post the log and let us link guys help you.. Don't pay others to do what you can do with some help.

I would love for those of you that have DSMLink to be able to help me, both on here and over on DSMLink forums. However, I really want someone to be able to assist me in person. I posted up in my local forums asking for someone to help me tune it. I even tried luring them with a free meal or drinks, no interest from anyone.

If I can get some help secured before early next week (Tuesday), I will just have Andre finish up with the oxygen sensor and double-checking my translator set-up and get to tuning myself. If not, I would rather just pay to have him put a good tune on the car and go from there.