My car is toast. What should I do?

[A.V.MSP]

which fuse is the ECU fuse that you blew? Ive had the same problem with my car, I put my T3 in drove it for a day and it sputtered and died. It turns over but wont start and I have already put new coils in and that didnt work. What else could it be? I feel for you though man cuz my car has been down for a week. I just got my BB T3/T4 in yesterday and my car doesnt even start so there is no piont in even swapping turbos yet. Didnt mean to thread jack man, sorry. Just need some answers.

 

[peepsalot]

The fuse is the one that says ECU in the manual. It is in the kick panel fuse box, on the bottom row, second from the left I believe.

 

[peepsalot]

You replaced coils, and didn't even check the fuses? Damn dude. Put a multimeter/connectivity sensor on those mofo's.

 

[A.V.MSP]

I have checked the fuses several times and nothing. they all look fine

 

[peepsalot]

BlkZoomZoom:
ok, the first connector you mentioned is the one that is normally attached to the vtcs actuator?
And the second is the one that clips into a bracket that is screwed onto the IM, to the left of the brake booster line?

The connectors are fine, and the wires look ok, but I can only see about a 1/4" of the wires before they are wrapped in looms anyways.

I guess I'll just take it in to the dealer tomorrow and see if they can figure it out. Hopefully it will just be some wires that need replacing from me manhandling them during IM removal and install. I'm shooting for less than $100, assuming they don't honor my warranty(crosses fingers).

 

[changedman]

First, if you did not hear a BANG, feel a BANG, or see internals flying from underneith your car, the engine is not toasted. Please do not listen to fools on this forum who apparently were kicked off before and now are back to annoy the **** outta us again.

Second, this very well seems to be an electical issue. but also tied into your coolant bypass mod. I would suggest going back, and putting the car back to stock, and go from there.

what about hydrolock

 

[peepsalot]

Stupid hydrolock, I must have accidentally bypassed the coolant into the intake runners. j/k

 

[changedman]

i would try reversing the coolant mod. see what happens then

 

[mazpro]

hey, I don't know if this will helpbutthe same thing happened to me last year. I was driving about 30 mph and the car died, it would crank, but wouldn't turn over.I tought it was the fuel pump ( Idon't know sh*t about engines) called a tow truck and the guy said the same thing, the fuel pump.

took it to the dealer, picked it up the next day, they said the problem was a fuse, but couldn't tell me which one it was. paid like $160. so I am guessing the same thing happened to you, change that fuse and double check all the others, hopefully it was the one you found.

good luck, Jose

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

put a new fuse in.....it could have been a fluke.

 

[peepsalot]

Ok, took it to the dealer today, and they replaced the fuse, and they said the ground wires(1sty grounding kit) were a bit loose. They tightened them up, replaced the fuse and it runs again. They were very nice about the whole thing even when I told them about the spacers and vtcs removal. The guy was just like "oh, really? you get any good gains?" Haha, I told him I didn't get much chance to test it out really. They wrote it off as a warranty for my broken calloway elbow, which also happened while removing the IM. The whole time I was expecting them to laugh in my face when they found out all the crap I did.

I hope they are right that the ground wires caused it, and this should never happen again. Man, was I stressing though, almost made me think twice about modding my car ever again.

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

haha. If your afraid of breaking something, you should'nt be doing it.

Told you it was electrical....and I believe I said it was a fuse.... hhhmmm I must do this for a living or something.

 

[IM_STILL_HERE]

Ok, took it to the dealer today, and they replaced the fuse, and they said the ground wires(1sty grounding kit) were a bit loose. They tightened them up, replaced the fuse and it runs again. They were very nice about the whole thing even when I told them about the spacers and vtcs removal. The guy was just like "oh, really? you get any good gains?" Haha, I told him I didn't get much chance to test it out really. They wrote it off as a warranty for my broken calloway elbow, which also happened while removing the IM. The whole time I was expecting them to laugh in my face when they found out all the crap I did.

I hope they are right that the ground wires caused it, and this should never happen again. Man, was I stressing though, almost made me think twice about modding my car ever again.

Im suprised at the dealers reaction, you dodged a bullet GOOD FOR YOU, In a good way, repaires are always expensive, glad it came at no cost.

My Dealer is a prick, and I would of been ******, and had to out of pocket it. Glad to seen the motors not burnt.

Also good to see you take it as a lesson though for moding the car ( we have strenth limitations) its ok to mod, but know the cars limits and tune within, you should be fine with a few more add ins!

 

[IM_STILL_HERE]

hey, I don't know if this will helpbutthe same thing happened to me last year. I was driving about 30 mph and the car died, it would crank, but wouldn't turn over.I tought it was the fuel pump ( Idon't know sh*t about engines) called a tow truck and the guy said the same thing, the fuel pump.

took it to the dealer, picked it up the next day, they said the problem was a fuse, but couldn't tell me which one it was. paid like $160. so I am guessing the same thing happened to you, change that fuse and double check all the others, hopefully it was the one you found.

good luck, Jose

The guys dealer, absorbed the charge (I aint seen that before) but ******* right. they paid!

 

[IM_STILL_HERE]

haha. If your afraid of breaking something, you should'nt be doing it.

Told you it was electrical....and I believe I said it was a fuse.... hhhmmm I must do this for a living or something.

No he Boxes for a living! he he

 

[TurfBurn]

That's some impressive dealer service... I wouldn't have bothered telling them about the spacers because they'd probably have a hard time seeing them unless they really looked (which is rare for a dealer). Besides, it doesn't void a warranty to use an aftermarket "gasket" unless that gasket causes a failure.

Hopefully you don't have to deal with it again... but if it happens then you really need to spend some QT figuring out where the short or miswire is.

I'm not surprised by the blown fuse either... but I don't like fixing things without knowing the causes...

I've torn down and rebuilt two trannies (one myself, one with someone), I've pulled and disassembled my motor, and will be re-assembling my new motor myself... I'm rewiring the entire engine bay, I've helped wire engine management and done JandS installations. I also design and test all of the products for NSN Motorsports at this point too... not to mention my miscellaneous gauges and instrumentation and the like.. I've been in most of the systems on these cars. My point being is problems will come up, and the cause ends up being what is important.. maybe it's just an engineer thing... but I don't deal well with not knowing what caused something.

Later and congrats on having a car back!

Steve

 

[peepsalot]

hehe yeah, thank you for teh helpings mistar smarteypants.

 

[IM_STILL_HERE]

haha. If your afraid of breaking something, you should'nt be doing it.

Told you it was electrical....and I believe I said it was a fuse.... hhhmmm I must do this for a living or something.

I wasnt trying to freak you out, sorry if I came off harsh, GLAD TO SEE THE RIDE IS FIXED AT NO EXPENSE

Im suprised at the dealers reaction, you dodged a bullet GOOD FOR YOU, In a good way, repaires are always expensive, glad it came at no cost.

My Dealer is a prick, and I would of been ******, and had to out of pocket it. Glad to seen the motors not burnt.

Also good to see you take it as a lesson though for moding the car ( we have strenth limitations) its ok to mod, but know the cars limits and tune within, you should be fine with a few more add ins!

 

[IM__STILL_HERE]

Ok, took it to the dealer today, and they replaced the fuse, and they said the ground wires(1sty grounding kit) were a bit loose. They tightened them up, replaced the fuse and it runs again. They were very nice about the whole thing even when I told them about the spacers and vtcs removal. The guy was just like "oh, really? you get any good gains?" Haha, I told him I didn't get much chance to test it out really. They wrote it off as a warranty for my broken calloway elbow, which also happened while removing the IM. The whole time I was expecting them to laugh in my face when they found out all the crap I did.

I hope they are right that the ground wires caused it, and this should never happen again. Man, was I stressing though, almost made me think twice about modding my car ever again.

HA HAA HA **** YOU ALL IM STILL HERE


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[IM__STILL_HERE]

I wasnt trying to freak you out, sorry if I came off harsh, GLAD TO SEE THE RIDE IS FIXED AT NO EXPENSE

Im suprised at the dealers reaction, you dodged a bullet GOOD FOR YOU, In a good way, repaires are always expensive, glad it came at no cost.

My Dealer is a prick, and I would of been ******, and had to out of pocket it. Glad to seen the motors not burnt.

Also good to see you take it as a lesson though for moding the car ( we have strenth limitations) its ok to mod, but know the cars limits and tune within, you should be fine with a few more add ins!

WHAT IS THE POINT OF BANNING ME?

WHY TRY?

IT DOES NOTHING< BUT AMUSE ME!