I've just completed having my injectors cleaned and put everything back on. ie injectors, fuel rails, UIM & Dynamic Chamber, Alternator, Intercooler, and the air filter and other plastic junk. these are all the parts i had off the car i thought i would need to remove to get at my injectors.

I got the injectors back, reinstalled them, put everything from the list back on, didn't end up with any extra parts (always a good thing), turned the key on and waited for the fuel pump to cycle the air out of the lines. turned it too start and the engine came to life, nice and smooth at about 2000 rpm. i figured it was that high because the engine was cold and it would come down... nope it idles steadily at 1500-1700 rpm so i shut the car off. open the hood and start looking around and waiting for the engine to cool off. to my surprize my battery was spitting a bit of acid out the top and was warm to the touch(not hot, just warm) so i disconnect it, check it 9.64v and charge it because not much acid was lost. i check continuity across the battery wires and there is nothing. so i turn the ignition on and i get a short.

I'm wondering what i pluged in wrong or left hanging to touch ground, or what wire insulation is stripped off enough to give me a short but still let the car run.

any help is greatly apriciated,
thank you TR

 

If you have a short, you'd blow a fuse. The only exception to this would be the main starter feed, and if that was shorted you'd have a red-hot wire and some serious electrical insulation burning...

I'm not sure I agree with your diagnoses using the procedures you did on the battery...

You could have a bad cell in the battery, how old is it?

I think you have a vac leak, for starters...

 

Battery is a brand new Optima red top. and acid was coming out of the little foam circle on the top of the battery.

I'll listen for a vacuum leak with a length of tubing.