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Ced

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Nov 3, 2005
Lauderhill, Florida
I just boot the car its giving me no electricity but first i am going to explain every problem the went on during the last 3 day

1. I was driving and smoke started to come out of under the hood i immediately pull the car over and figure out the oil filter came loose i boot a other on and put oil in it oil spilled on the alternator. I checked the oil level and it went up it seems that the oil expender its way over the maximum level. I don t know if this can hurt the engine so if u no ### tell me.


2. I went to put gas in the car and i put 89 octane gas in it 30$. I was driving it from NC to fl will this was happening. The car stated to jerk every time i was trying to accelerate and the check engine light kept coming on and off. I figured that i was suppose to put 93 octane gas so i burned off the gas and put good gas in it , it ran fine after that put still jerk a little from time to time. I would like to no if i done any damage to the engine and how can i check. I was having problem stating the car right after i turned the car off

3. the car is running on a automatic ecu and its a manual i would like to know if that can break something ill hopping to get a manual ecu soon (if u are selling one pm me ###).

4. The power steering started leaking on the alternator so the alternator is covered in oil right now

** 5. The real problem now is the it’s not sowing me any power (electricity) at all after i shut the car off. Because it was on the side off the road because i had to hook the exhaust back on and tried to start the car and it kept back firering .i took out the battery because i feared of the car getting stolen. Came back 2 hours later put the battery back on and its not sowing me any sing on power at all the lights wont turn on. It’s a new battery and i tried to jump the car but still no sing of power.

Can someone tell me what to do to get power back to the car? I just boot it in NC and drove it to south FL. i had it toed to my house it broke down 5 minutes away from my house after 2 day of driving to FL.
 
SOunds like the power cable from the starter isn't getting good contact on the battery. I remember when it happened to me I would get the symptoms like the car jerking and not starting. Follow your lines then update us.
 
All sows the 3ed light from the dash came on and the battery light came on will i was driving it. the battery is new and i no oil spilled on the alternator from the oil filter which is right under it and the power steering which is right over it. Does it have anything to do whit the car not getting power?
 
S_Ranger said:
SOunds like the power cable from the starter isn't getting good contact on the battery. I remember when it happened to me I would get the symptoms like the car jerking and not starting. Follow your lines then update us.


Oops i just look under the hood and notice after like 5 times off checking that one the 4 battery wires were not onLOL . Put it on and got power. But now i try to stat it and no sound from the engine:( . Did i damage something according to what i wrote on my first post?
 
Ced said:
4. The power steering started leaking on the alternator so the alternator is covered in oil right now

This will destroy the alternator in a big hurry.

At this point to need to break out the multimeter and start measuring. You need to figure out what the voltage is at the battery and then start checking the various circuit branches to see where the voltage goes away. As your doing this check the fuses on the positive battery terminal and the alternator fuse on the passender side fuse box under the hood.

Steve
 
I figured it out one of the 5 wires that are connected to the battery was hiding from me i found it put it back on and the car started(it was the one whit the fuse box connected to it).I went around the block wile i was driving that battery light was on and the alternator light i thick was on its the 3ed light from the left in the gauge cluster what light is that (ill try looking it up but if someone can help me i would rely appreciate it)

Also i look under the car at it seems that the oil filter came loose and there an oil lick how can i fix that. I already switch the filter and put oil in yesterday and tint it a real hard now its leaking again how can i get a permanent fix
 
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