The short was limited to one wire, so I cut it and spliced it back together and sealed it with some heat shrink tubing. You must be logged in to post a comment. Skip to content.
The fuse was blown and would blow as soon at the key was turned on. I have seen shorts in a few locations on these trucks over the years. The next place to look is under the vehicle at the exhaust and drive shaft areas. This looks like the short. The wires are loose and slightly damaged here as well. The oxygen sensor wires were where the short actually was though. A closer look. Then put all of the wires back into the protective sleeve. Added some split loom to further protect it.
Routed the wiring away from the exhaust and the driveshaft areas. Over the weekend, my car just cut out on me when making a turning into a major A road. I tried to restart but nothing. It was as if its not getting any fuel. I spoke to Konrad who is also a member here who said that you might have blown a fuse and most likely an EFI fuse.
I had the same hunch as I said to him it feels like there is no fuel supply. My initial thoughts were fuel pump has packed up i run a 1.
But I couldnt check as I had broken down in a very dodgy spot and wouldnt have seen cars ramming into mine and wouldnt have had a chance to get out of the way. I waited for the recovery driver who was going to try and fix the car. When he arrived we check the car and sure enough, EFI fuse was blown.
I had a spare in the fuse box and when used, it fired right back up. Thank GOD. Now a bit of history. On friday, I tried to jump start my neighbour who owns a 55 plate lexus is d v6. So i said no problem. I left my car running pulled up next to his and he had connected jump leads correctly to his car.
Then i thought oh ok not a problem lets try again and we did and same again but my car would start right back up. But after about driving it for a a day or two, it suddenly died. When I broke down and after fixing it, I drove nearly 16 - 18 miles back home without any problem and still going fine. I have heard and read opinions that sometimes fuses can age. Yes agreed but all my other fuses are exactly the same age.
Alternator is surging after the sparky business or may be sparky business has nothing to do with this. How can i tell. First of all i cannot help you with the blown fuse of your car but why i am emailing you is with today's modern cars you simply cannot jump start cars like we used to in the past.
Cars of yester-year had no computers, no ECU's and basically they were pretty bullet proof when it comes to using jump leads to start another car. Today cars have too many electronics that can easily go wrong and using jump leads is not an option. To jump start a car with a flat Battery a jump pack is needed available from Halfords , Amazon and lots of car shop outlets The video itself does not show a car being jump started but this is the safe way to start a car with a flat Battery without damage to your own vehicle.
When Waqar phoned me, he had an idea of the problem. He also mentioned that the pre-check EML did not light on first turn of the key. That is when I said check all fuses relating to those items. I also feared the worst for Waqar, because the short or overload when trying to start the Lexus may have done damage to the car.
This probably affected an aging fuse. Mike is right about car with lots of electricals and electronics. I have jump started a few cars, and what I do is make sure the car needing the boost has turned off every unnecessary item.
What ever flattened the Battery , may have knocked Waqar's car out when he connected the booster cables. Before connecting any leads make sure the vehicles are the same voltage and that they're parked with their handbrakes on and ignition off. The vehicles must not touch as this can cause sparks or an explosion. With the ridiculous expense of diagnostics and repair these days, is it really worth the risk?
Just get one of those jumpstart units or whatever you want to call them , basically a rechargeable Battery that you can leave in the warmth at home where it'll last for years with just an occasional recharge. They're a bit heavy to cart around all the time so just use it when you need it and decline any requests to jump start without it unless it's a real emergency of course. I've had one of these for nearly 10 years, still going strong.
Originally bought it when I got my Jeep, it had no trouble turning over a 4 litre petrol lump. They have other uses as well, I use an electric pump to put air in the tyres when they need it.
Instead of using the car's Battery , I connect the pump to the jumpstarter it has an accessory socket. Whatever happened to CB by the way?
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