Battery reversed pollarity now no start
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Battery reversed pollarity now no start
I have had this low mileage 88 TII for about 6 yrs now and hardly put 500 miles in a year. The battery was left in and connected for a period over winter. I wanted to start the car a couple weeks ago and connected the charger but the needle pegged on the charger as soon as hooked to battery.
I took the battery to AutoZone where it was purchased in July. They said it had somehow reversed pollarity. They replaced the battery no-charge.
My thought is or was before I even put the new battery in is what electronics is fried on the car.
Sure enough I put the new battery in and no start.
Cranks fine, smell fuel but seems like no spark.
Any initial thought on what is most likely fried or what and how to test/check would be appreciated.
I took the battery to AutoZone where it was purchased in July. They said it had somehow reversed pollarity. They replaced the battery no-charge.
My thought is or was before I even put the new battery in is what electronics is fried on the car.
Sure enough I put the new battery in and no start.
Cranks fine, smell fuel but seems like no spark.
Any initial thought on what is most likely fried or what and how to test/check would be appreciated.
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2 of these cases in the same week. I was fortunate enough for my situation to have blown the 80amp fusible link and the 15 amp inline fuse to my Microtech. Still had to replace the battery, but was saved from having to replace the standalone.
Glad you found your issue. I guess the winter you and I have had up here was so cold the battery didn't know what to do and switched on us. My story is almost identical to yours. Now If I can just get mine dialed in on the tuning, I'll be good to go.
JTB
Glad you found your issue. I guess the winter you and I have had up here was so cold the battery didn't know what to do and switched on us. My story is almost identical to yours. Now If I can just get mine dialed in on the tuning, I'll be good to go.
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A car I'm getting the guy did this same thing and the car has a microtech. Lt10s standalone in it , all the lights still come on for the ecu so I'm hoping it's fine.
He did blow some fuses...car wouldn't start but it hasn't ran in years...I'll be looking further into it after I get the car and can really test the ecu with a laptop
He did blow some fuses...car wouldn't start but it hasn't ran in years...I'll be looking further into it after I get the car and can really test the ecu with a laptop
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And which fuse keeps blowing as it has a name. Is it the radio fuse or not?
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The fuse powers the radio and the power antenna (powers the Blue/White wire to each). You can try unplugging the plug for the power antenna. Then put another good fuse in. If it pops then the radio needs to be unplugged to see if the fuse still blows. If it does then the wire powering either of the two components is accidentally grounded out. Testing for continuity to ground would tell you if this were the case. W/no key you would take one meter terminal placed to a ground source and the other terminal to the L/W wire and if it rings out then you know the wire is grounded out.
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