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Crazy electrical problem, car won't start

Old Dec 14, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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Question Crazy electrical problem, car won't start

Well here is the deal, I got an S4 GTX (TII in the states) and i was doing some touge with a couple of friends, I spon out and hit the rail, well i open my hood to check the damage. I took out the battery to hold my bumper with a cord, but i was so in a rush that I put the battery the wrong way and the burned the main fuse, change it with an other one since i had a wiring harness on my trunk.
The car didn't start and i could hear the fuel pump turning on ones i turn the key to the on position and all the power will just go, my turbo timer starts turning on an off while I crank so as my dash and my tach will go backwards yes backwards from 0 to 10k rpm and each time it cranks one step back, 2 cats driving a couple FCs stop to help us but since i speak a crappy japanese i call my wife so she could translate but since she doesn't know car terminology they could help but they call a tow truck for me. now the car is on my parking lot and i got an event coming up and need my car running please help!! by the way i try boosting the car with my friend car but didn't help either, same problem. (aftermarket tach)
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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i'm goin to take a stab at it and say either a fusible link(s) or diodes..and the only diodes i can think of are in the alternator..as i said though..it's a guess..you checked all fuses in the engine bay and in the interior too?
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 06:11 PM
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I check all fuses, engine and in the cockpit, the only one that god blown was the main fuse and i already change it, but all my electrical works, lights, dash, turbotimer, doorlights everything. but when i start cranking is like the battery is low i try with an other good battery and the same thing, i tray using the cables with my friends car and the same thing happend. indoor power come and goes, on and off. I can hear the fuel pump each time i put the switch in the on position and i never done it before
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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when u turn the key to start see if you have voltage at the starter if not it a blown fuse
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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The engine cranks but it does it like when you battery is low, even if i use a good battery or boost it up with an other car
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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you still could have crappy voltage at the starter making it not turn as fase... it sounds like a ground came loose somewhere when you hit the wall
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:06 PM
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sorry didnt read the whole post

starter maybe
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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see what the voltage is at the starter with a voltmeter
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:11 PM
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check for a ground
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:20 PM
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Well i don't know the car kept running after i hit the wall, and it wast that big of a damage only my bumper got mess
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:30 PM
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my guess is something electrical to the starter ground or power i have the wire diagram at work will look at it tomorrow

you might be able to find it online
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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you probly shorted out the starter and alternator. most likely fried some of the ecu, the only way i can think to check that easily is to just check some outputs on it like at the tps and see what sort of voltages you get out of the ecu.
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I would like to know how to check that
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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yeah how you check that?? and for how many volts should i look for?
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