Atuca
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- Jan 6, 2007
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Central Valley,
California
Alright, well It happened to me, the battery grounded out on the strut bar.
I had wraped it with electrical tape, but that didn't stop it from months of rubbing eventually getting the better of it. What actually caused it in the end was parking up a steep hill at a friends house, probably a 45% angle or more, soon as I got to the top, I heard a slight pop and all power gone.
I was able to find the problem pretty quick, I wrapped up the cables again, put more new tape on the strut bar, and after conneting my battery to my friends car and having him help me jump it, it started up and I drove on my way.
Well soon as I turned the car off, all power was gone, not even the ajar door or lights, nothing, no power at all. I had to pull the power off the battery, hook it up again, and connect some jumper cables and while connected, reset my ecu for dsmlink again (need to get v3) and tried to jump it, everything in the car had power, i put the key in the start position, everything looks good, the dash lights come on like they are told, engine fans, but the SECOND i try to turn it over, all power is gone. dash lights all out, everything. No power.
Well i attempt to keep trying to jump it, removing power wire, resetting dsmlink again once ecu gets power, and nothing. After 30 mins, I just leave the car connected to the battery of my friends via jumper cables and I notice that my car trys to turn over, and after 5 mins or so, perhaps 10 mins, the car turns over like it was just a completely dead battery.
Well when I finally got to my destination, I tried to do the basics, the battery is good, from the battery to the engine block, 12ish+ volts. That shocked me. I took everything off the positive post and tested each wire at a time:
to my amplifiers: draws 12v+
to the starter? (the wire gets wrapped with the negative batter as it goes behind the block): DRAWS NO POWER
to the fuel pump: DRAWS NO POWER
to the fuse box: draws 12v+
Now, after messing with that, I connected everything back to the positive post, and i look at fuses. I have a buudy with a DSM come over and we play fuse swap. Starting with ignition. We put in his, when I open my door, the car has power, door ajar light is on, I go to start it, BAM CAR STARTS!!
I thought I had found the problem, so just to double check, we put in the "bad" fuse into his car, and than his car starts just fine, over and over. So we put the bad one back into my car, and than power dead, nothing, just like it was doing before. So than we put back in his fuse, CAR STAYS DEAD.
I tried to be descriptive of the problem as I could, if we jump the car, it will eventually turn over, otherwise it loses all power when tried to turn over. and even than, only half the time when pulling the power off the positive post and reconnecting the ajar door lights comes on. So right now it is not a problem I can put my finger on, but I do know the cause at least. Most the other threads I read didn't have these symptoms, especially when jumping the car it runs just fine (as I was initiall stuck 100 miles from home and drove that far after my friend initially jumped the car)
So my dsm friends, what do I do?
I had wraped it with electrical tape, but that didn't stop it from months of rubbing eventually getting the better of it. What actually caused it in the end was parking up a steep hill at a friends house, probably a 45% angle or more, soon as I got to the top, I heard a slight pop and all power gone.
I was able to find the problem pretty quick, I wrapped up the cables again, put more new tape on the strut bar, and after conneting my battery to my friends car and having him help me jump it, it started up and I drove on my way.
Well soon as I turned the car off, all power was gone, not even the ajar door or lights, nothing, no power at all. I had to pull the power off the battery, hook it up again, and connect some jumper cables and while connected, reset my ecu for dsmlink again (need to get v3) and tried to jump it, everything in the car had power, i put the key in the start position, everything looks good, the dash lights come on like they are told, engine fans, but the SECOND i try to turn it over, all power is gone. dash lights all out, everything. No power.
Well i attempt to keep trying to jump it, removing power wire, resetting dsmlink again once ecu gets power, and nothing. After 30 mins, I just leave the car connected to the battery of my friends via jumper cables and I notice that my car trys to turn over, and after 5 mins or so, perhaps 10 mins, the car turns over like it was just a completely dead battery.
Well when I finally got to my destination, I tried to do the basics, the battery is good, from the battery to the engine block, 12ish+ volts. That shocked me. I took everything off the positive post and tested each wire at a time:
to my amplifiers: draws 12v+
to the starter? (the wire gets wrapped with the negative batter as it goes behind the block): DRAWS NO POWER
to the fuel pump: DRAWS NO POWER
to the fuse box: draws 12v+
Now, after messing with that, I connected everything back to the positive post, and i look at fuses. I have a buudy with a DSM come over and we play fuse swap. Starting with ignition. We put in his, when I open my door, the car has power, door ajar light is on, I go to start it, BAM CAR STARTS!!
I thought I had found the problem, so just to double check, we put in the "bad" fuse into his car, and than his car starts just fine, over and over. So we put the bad one back into my car, and than power dead, nothing, just like it was doing before. So than we put back in his fuse, CAR STAYS DEAD.
I tried to be descriptive of the problem as I could, if we jump the car, it will eventually turn over, otherwise it loses all power when tried to turn over. and even than, only half the time when pulling the power off the positive post and reconnecting the ajar door lights comes on. So right now it is not a problem I can put my finger on, but I do know the cause at least. Most the other threads I read didn't have these symptoms, especially when jumping the car it runs just fine (as I was initiall stuck 100 miles from home and drove that far after my friend initially jumped the car)
So my dsm friends, what do I do?
