drift fc

i just installed a new battery for my TII but when i was putting it in negative was sparking. after that the car won't start or anything will work like the lights and all those things. the only thing that was working was the horn but only when i was taking the negative side out. plz tell me what to do now.

PraxRX7

You are supposed to connect the negative terminal first are you not? EDIT: I guess it might be positive first, but that makes no sense to me...wouldn't you want to ground everything before connecting power to it?)

It shouldn't be sparking unless #1 you put the positive terminal on first. or #2 you put the battery in wrong and you have mistaken the positive for the negative.

Either way you can damage your electronics or blow the main fuse (take a look at your fuses and look for a blown fuse...the connection will be missing in the fuse if it is blown.)

knight1976

Check all your fuses. and make sure you have the battery hooked up correctly. Not to insult you but i have seen people do it before.

drift fc

i was told to but the positive on first. when i got the battery. but i think i have it on the right way. the car was sitting for couple of months with out a battery will that casue a problem too. thanx for your help guys

blu_gxl

it' your fusable link in the engine compartment it's an 800 amp male has 3 bolts to attach it. and you are supposed to put the possitive on first when changing your battery

Felix Wankel

Something was drawing current for it to spark. Did the door happen to be open?

Make sure the terminals are good and tight and then check to see if anything is obviously on. If not, its time to get a voltmeter and start pulling fuses.

drift fc

some how i keep blowing my main fuse. no matter what i do and also my horn keep going off and it won't stop when i put in the battery. would this be the problem for blowing my fuse. i don't think anything its turned on too.

PraxRX7

Did you get the wrong battery or something? hmmm...

Make absolutely sure the + and - are on the right connectors. I cannot see anything else being wrong with it (unless the battery - isn't properly grounded or something...hmmm...I am lost)

drift fc

i checked the + and - couple of times and they are right. i just don't know y my horn keep going off. it won't stop until i take one end of the batter y out.

CrackHeadMel

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arnt there bad sodier points in the ecu having to do with the horn, and the sparking maby have surged the system and briged someting in the ecu that shouldnt have been briged? i dono, just me thinking im smart

PraxRX7

I remember that problem, It was the stock security system going off in my case.

Try wireing up the battery with the doors locked, then unlock the doors with the key (i know it has a hood sensor, but that might shut it off)

drift fc

thanx for all the help
i will try that
hmmm but does anyone know y i keep blowing the main fuse.

PraxRX7

well fuses only blow when there is to much amperage running through them...so you might have a short circuit some where or a lack of a ground. I say somewhere because if it is electrical, it could be anywhere.

Felix Wankel

It takes major juice to blow the main fuse. (Its 80 amps on an S4, I think 100 on an S5).

Look for a short directly off the positive battery cable, or possibly around the alternator.

drift fc

one more thing no matter want i do it will spark when i put in the negative, will this be the causing it to blow the main fuse.
i'm like dieing to get the car out.

Felix Wankel

Yes, its sparking because soemthing is shorted out.

Check every connection that comes off the main battery cable. It takes a lot to blow the main fuse.

Icemark

Sounds to me like he hooked up the battery backwards,

But as far as disconnecting or hooking up a battery:

Ground always comes off first and goes back on last.