9DTSiAWD
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- Jan 1, 2003
This is going to be very long as im going to start from the beginning.
I drive a 1990 Talon TSi AWD/noABS/noMods
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Ok about a week ago i go to start my car and my battery was dead, i tought nothing of this because it was time for a new battery this one looked rather old. So i walked around my apartment's to try and find someone to jump me off and my eyes caught this hot blond girl so i ofcourse walk up to her and explain to her that my car battery was dead and i needed to be jumped off. She says sure and we drive to where my car was. She jumps out pops her hood hooks up her battery all fast like and i walk over and hook up mine. So i get in the car to start it but nothing....i look down and notice my temp gauge (which does not work because of a cut wire) was all the wat past the H. I guess she notices the odd look on my face and says in the sweetest voice, "oh i put mine on backwards because that was the only way it would work when i jumped this other guy off" So the cables on her side were swaped....So we switched them the CORRECT way and the car started up we let it charge up for about 5mins. She left little while after the car died again. So i just called a friend and i bought a new battery. Put the battery in and the car starts up fine, but nothing power in the car will work unless the car is truned on. I had to get to work the next day (which is a one h our drive) so i went ahead and drove the car to work, made it there with no problems. But on the way back i drove the car for about 20mins and the car craped out on me. So i get a friend of a friend that works with electronics to coem and "fix" the car. He replaces one of the fuses under the hood and the car works fine everything works even when the car is off, by everything works im refering to the seatbelts and the beeping and things like that which did not work before. So i gave him a little cash for driveing out and helping me. Car runs fine for two more trips to work and back. On the 3rd trip to work i was driveing and the battery light poped on so im starting to worry a little bit but i know that if its the altanator i could prolly make it to work and i would just worry about it later, about 10mins latter the coolant light pops on, my car may be low on coolant i dont know i have not checked it in a while so i figured i would stop at the next gas station to check it out. But after about 5 more mins the car begins to stutter and the battery light and coolant light begin to dim out like im looseing power. So i take the next exit and pull into a Harly Davidson dealership and as soon as i get into a parking space the car dies, altough i knew what would happen i tried to start it anyways and nothing. Due to the fact i was late for work twice already this week i had to leave the car right after i pulled over and catch a ride to work with a near by friend.
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Misc. Stuff i know that is wrong with the car.
I have a vacum leak in the hose that you tap into to install a boost gauge.
I belive my altanator and power steering belts are a little loose.
I am missing a bolt on my exhaust manifold so it has a pretty bad leak.
Im a little low on break fluid.
Temp gauge does not work.
My dip stick tends to pop out some times. I also notice that my Oil pressure seems to drop when that happens according to the factoty gauge.
When i go WOT or when i build up boost i hear a loud sound that sounds like my turbo spooling but it is very loud and comes from the driver side, i belive this has to do with the vacum leak. But i then hear a LOUD horn sound then my car will buck down.
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Now for my questions
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What could cause a battery light to pop up other then the altanator craping out on me? Could the altanator belt being to loose cause this to happen? And any more input on why you think the car did what it did, maybe check some more fuses or sumthing like that.
Any input on what to check would be very very nice.
Thank you,
Matt
I drive a 1990 Talon TSi AWD/noABS/noMods
_______________________
Ok about a week ago i go to start my car and my battery was dead, i tought nothing of this because it was time for a new battery this one looked rather old. So i walked around my apartment's to try and find someone to jump me off and my eyes caught this hot blond girl so i ofcourse walk up to her and explain to her that my car battery was dead and i needed to be jumped off. She says sure and we drive to where my car was. She jumps out pops her hood hooks up her battery all fast like and i walk over and hook up mine. So i get in the car to start it but nothing....i look down and notice my temp gauge (which does not work because of a cut wire) was all the wat past the H. I guess she notices the odd look on my face and says in the sweetest voice, "oh i put mine on backwards because that was the only way it would work when i jumped this other guy off" So the cables on her side were swaped....So we switched them the CORRECT way and the car started up we let it charge up for about 5mins. She left little while after the car died again. So i just called a friend and i bought a new battery. Put the battery in and the car starts up fine, but nothing power in the car will work unless the car is truned on. I had to get to work the next day (which is a one h our drive) so i went ahead and drove the car to work, made it there with no problems. But on the way back i drove the car for about 20mins and the car craped out on me. So i get a friend of a friend that works with electronics to coem and "fix" the car. He replaces one of the fuses under the hood and the car works fine everything works even when the car is off, by everything works im refering to the seatbelts and the beeping and things like that which did not work before. So i gave him a little cash for driveing out and helping me. Car runs fine for two more trips to work and back. On the 3rd trip to work i was driveing and the battery light poped on so im starting to worry a little bit but i know that if its the altanator i could prolly make it to work and i would just worry about it later, about 10mins latter the coolant light pops on, my car may be low on coolant i dont know i have not checked it in a while so i figured i would stop at the next gas station to check it out. But after about 5 more mins the car begins to stutter and the battery light and coolant light begin to dim out like im looseing power. So i take the next exit and pull into a Harly Davidson dealership and as soon as i get into a parking space the car dies, altough i knew what would happen i tried to start it anyways and nothing. Due to the fact i was late for work twice already this week i had to leave the car right after i pulled over and catch a ride to work with a near by friend.
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Misc. Stuff i know that is wrong with the car.
I have a vacum leak in the hose that you tap into to install a boost gauge.
I belive my altanator and power steering belts are a little loose.
I am missing a bolt on my exhaust manifold so it has a pretty bad leak.
Im a little low on break fluid.
Temp gauge does not work.
My dip stick tends to pop out some times. I also notice that my Oil pressure seems to drop when that happens according to the factoty gauge.
When i go WOT or when i build up boost i hear a loud sound that sounds like my turbo spooling but it is very loud and comes from the driver side, i belive this has to do with the vacum leak. But i then hear a LOUD horn sound then my car will buck down.
___________________
Now for my questions
___________________
What could cause a battery light to pop up other then the altanator craping out on me? Could the altanator belt being to loose cause this to happen? And any more input on why you think the car did what it did, maybe check some more fuses or sumthing like that.
Any input on what to check would be very very nice.
Thank you,
Matt
