Got Boooost
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- Jan 9, 2008
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Airdrie,
AB_Canada
Hey guys,
I had my car out to a test and tune autocross event yesterday and ran into a bit of a problem, on my first run out I got about 90% done the course and my engine completely lost power, I coasted off the runway and out of the way. Once I looked into it I found that the fuse in the fuse box under the hood for the Ignition blew. Unfortunately it was Sunday and in a small town 2.5 hours away from home they didnt have any automotive stores open. so to fix the problem I used the fuse from the power windows to run the ignition, and my car was up and running again, and my day was done, I didnt want to blow another fuse being away from home. My concern is that these fuse's I thought, dont normally blow unless theres an issue. So I checked to make sure all grounds and power wires coming off the battery were tight, including the power wire to the starter. (Battery relocated to the trunk) everything was tight. the one thing that has me thinking is this winter I relocated the igniter and coil and had to lengthen a few wires for both to do so and I also made new pig tails for the coil due to broken wire insulators and bare wire being visible, during this process I made sure everything was soldered up and sealed and used the same gauge wire. Does the igniter and coil run off the ignition fuse in the fuse box under the hood? Could my relocation of the igniter and coil be my problem? Or is it maybe just bad luck?
Any thoughts?
I had my car out to a test and tune autocross event yesterday and ran into a bit of a problem, on my first run out I got about 90% done the course and my engine completely lost power, I coasted off the runway and out of the way. Once I looked into it I found that the fuse in the fuse box under the hood for the Ignition blew. Unfortunately it was Sunday and in a small town 2.5 hours away from home they didnt have any automotive stores open. so to fix the problem I used the fuse from the power windows to run the ignition, and my car was up and running again, and my day was done, I didnt want to blow another fuse being away from home. My concern is that these fuse's I thought, dont normally blow unless theres an issue. So I checked to make sure all grounds and power wires coming off the battery were tight, including the power wire to the starter. (Battery relocated to the trunk) everything was tight. the one thing that has me thinking is this winter I relocated the igniter and coil and had to lengthen a few wires for both to do so and I also made new pig tails for the coil due to broken wire insulators and bare wire being visible, during this process I made sure everything was soldered up and sealed and used the same gauge wire. Does the igniter and coil run off the ignition fuse in the fuse box under the hood? Could my relocation of the igniter and coil be my problem? Or is it maybe just bad luck?
Any thoughts?