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Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:33 pm
by HeRo
Ok about half an hour ago my car died. It was driving along and suddenly the car stopped giving any form of power. The battery gauge went dead, the engine went dead, the lot.
I open up the bonnet and see the battery full of charge but the terminals for the battery and the rest of the wiring melting (I assume that it was overheating when I was driving). The car won't read any charge going through when i try start the car so I take the terminals are gone or the engine is gone...I certainly hope it's not the latter.
Note: two days ago I bought a new battery for my car. I asked repco for a battery and they gave me three options: 400cca 540cca or 600cca. Previously I was running 400 but felt it wasn't quite enough so I got the 540 this time...could this be the issue and if so I'd assume repco is liable right?
Dear god this sucks balls...
Any help would be super
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:15 pm
by Astron_Boy
Ummm, wires melting?
wires wont melt from driving the car.
check your fuses and see what's blown.
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:31 pm
by HeRo
Ah I think I know what happened. The wiring loom couldn't reach so I turned the battery around and connected it. Did it correctly except the positive terminal even with the rubber cap on was touching my strut bar and must have made a circuit of some sort...anyway fk does this mean I need a new ecu and wiring loom?
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:50 pm
by Astron_Boy
HeRo wrote:Ah I think I know what happened. The wiring loom couldn't reach so I turned the battery around and connected it. Did it correctly except the positive terminal even with the rubber cap on was touching my strut bar and must have made a circuit of some sort...anyway fk does this mean I need a new ecu and wiring loom?
Only 1 way to find out.
Did you check the fuses...
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:14 pm
by silverGPX
lol thats funny
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Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:23 pm
by Shane001
silverGPX wrote:lol thats funny
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Sorry to say it but yeah it kind of is. Self inflicted f**k ups are always good for a laugh
Hopefully your fuses will have saved you, but check all your wiring for damage and make sure you replace all 'melted' wiring. You don't want to put it back together only to end up with a short somewhere else. Might be an idea to get a mobile auto elec around to have a look.
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:34 pm
by HeRo
Yeah thought the rubber cap might've saved me but guess not. All the fuses look fine so I'll send it to an auto elec tmr to see what is what. Plus gotta return battery lol
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:23 pm
by Astron_Boy
HeRo wrote:Plus gotta return battery lol
Umm....................... why?
I dare say the battery did it's job.
And mum won't take a refund.
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:36 pm
by Daniel2019
Sounds like something I'd do
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:33 pm
by HeRo
Ah k sh*t, so anyway i'm thinking its an ECU problem or wiring harness that connects the battery thingymabob. Any ball park figures on the replacement of these two items? And even better, anybody know where i can get them? 0_0"
cheers
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:49 pm
by HeRo
Astron_Boy wrote:
Yeah the battery is pretty big which is why the terminal could touch the strut in the first place. My other option would be to relocate it to the boot but i think that's a pretty high labor job
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:16 pm
by kiz
HeRo wrote:My other option would be to relocate it to the boot but i think that's a pretty high labor job
Not really, just gotta source the box, fuse and enough high amp wire to get to the engine from the boot
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:57 pm
by payaya
Highly doubt its your ECU. You need to check the fusable links between batt, fuse box, alternator.
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:03 pm
by HeRo
payaya wrote:Highly doubt its your ECU. You need to check the fusable links between batt, fuse box, alternator.
Yeah you're right. Ended up changing the overheated wiring for $15 and BAM car works again like a charm. Even ended up giving it a coolant flush and oil change from my spare time. Thing is though, my windows dont work now, hmm....
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:17 pm
by Sahin
Fuse
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:20 pm
by silverGPX
Sahin wrote:Fuse
+1
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Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:24 pm
by Astron_Boy
Nah, wouldn't be your fuses.
Rotate your tyres, check the pressure. Ensure the windscreen washer bottle is FULL.
The atmospheric temperature MUST be at exactly 25 degrees celcius.
AND THEN, check my first post.
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:45 pm
by Bennoz
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:39 pm
by Shane001
Re: Car broke down but NFI why
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:46 pm
by Daniel2019
Astron_Boy wrote:Nah, wouldn't be your fuses.
Rotate your tyres, check the pressure. Ensure the windscreen washer bottle is FULL.
The atmospheric temperature MUST be at exactly 25 degrees celcius.
AND THEN, check my first post.
Ok so I did everything as I am having the same problem (I even added some windex into my washer bottle because f**k dust), except I cant seem to find the switch to adjust atmospheric temperature.. can someone link me to a guide or something?
