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Old 07-26-08, 04:06 PM
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Car turns but wont start, electrical problem??

Ok so I know my car was running about a week ago. I start it every week. Long story short, it got towed and the battery had to be jumped last time so I knew the battery was dead. Anyways when I got my car from the impound lot the guy hooked up the jumper cables backwards, I was sitting in my car at the time and the hood was up so I couldnt see him. He told me to go ahead and I cranked it and there was a buzzing noise a some white smoke came out from under my dash. I was like WTF??!! I told himt to swap them and he did and it wont start. I gota new battery and replaced the spark plugs too.The car cranks like its trying to start but it jsut doesnt start. When I go to turn the car over, the commander on my Power FC goes blank, which isnt normal, but when I let off the key to crank it it comes back on like its booting back up. Also when I crank the car my fuel pressure guage doesnt move at all now. It has a fuel upgrade kit for 1680cc secondaries. Any ideas as to what it may be? Also I have to get diagnostics on this **** and take it to them before they'll pay for the repairs. Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated. Whata bad f*ckin day........
Old 07-28-08, 01:38 PM
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Check all your fuses. If there was smoke, chances are something fried. Do yourself a favor also and double check your spark plug wires. Make sure they are on correctly.

FWIW, my PFC commander goes blank on the first crank too.
Old 07-30-08, 01:04 AM
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Turns out it just blew the main fuse. I know I shoulda checked them first off, but man it was sucha bad day. Thanks for the tip tho.
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