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01-11-2006, 04:02 PM | #1 | |
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Car won't start all of a sudden... IGN fuse keeps blowing when trying to start
Ok well I bought a 90 buick regal limited last week. It was running perfectly. The car however was lacking a cd player so I installed one. I was working fast and when I was done connected the negative terminal, the cd player wasn't working, so instead of disconnecting the negative terminal from the battery and checking my work I forgot to and continued to work on it. Long story short, I ended up touching power and ground together and blew a fuse. The cd player works but the car won't start now. I put in a new battery and nothing, the alternator was changed a month ago. The car trys to turnover but the engine fails to connect it seems. The car started instantaneously before so I'm assuming something occured during my screw up. I don't know much about cars so any assistance would be great. I'm also in college so I can barely afford to pay the insurance and gas, nevermind taking it to a mechanic .
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
Check the master large fuses under the hood also.
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Re: Re: Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
Still at a loss here guys, any ideas? I picked up a repair manual from my school library and checked the troubleshooting section but had no luck...
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01-13-2006, 01:57 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
backtrack and undo what you did....stereo u can live without
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01-13-2006, 04:57 PM | #7 | |
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I did that the same day it didn't start. First thing I did was disonnect cd player and take out the radio fuse just to be safe but nothing .
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
Checked everything I could. I'm beginning to thin kit's not a result of my installing the cd player. Nothing seems to add up here, I've checked everything. It just doesn't make sense. The fuse only blows when I try to start the vehicle. I can turn the ignition on and the fuse won't blow, however if I try to turn it over the fuse blows. I'm at a complete loss here guys, any ideas?
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01-15-2006, 03:31 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
You need a good wiring diagram to track down the circuit for that fuse, try autozone.com/repairinfo, you may well need to have a good mechanic get involved here, probably a pinched harness some where in that circuit. I believe that powers up the icm or the injectors, not sure myself. Just look around under the hood at the wires to the injectors and the harness to the ign module.
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
Was any work done recently like an intake repair or a trans replacement, a part of the harness could have been frayed or pinched in the process, but realistically someone has to look at this on site, no magic bullet here.
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01-30-2006, 12:30 AM | #15 | |
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Re: Car won't start all of a sudden...
I believe those had the cube stereos, correct? i knwo my 91 did until i changed that. how did you go about reaplacing the stereo? and for $hits and giggles, did you try leaving the ignition on and jumping the starter solienoid to see if it will start that way? you could possibly figrue it out that way, with hopes of not poping a fuse. I dunno, just my 2 cents. (and by jumping the starter solienoid, you run a wire from the positive termnial to the starter solienoid)(that is dangourous, be careful)(forgive me if im not using the right name for it)
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