huge problem please help asap (connected battery wrong way)

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:35 pm

Ok my car wont start anymore, basically it was running fine but then i connected the battery the wrong way around (stupid i know) i then tried to start it but it wouldnt start, i noticed what i done wrong and corrected it but the car still wont start it cranks and fuel is getting to the engine but there is no spark. all the dash lights are still woking, radio,windows work etc and no fues were blown apart from the alternator fuse which i changed. Can anyone help. Iv reset the ecu still no help, can someone tell me how to run a error code check

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:10 am

get some starting leads and wire it with another car battery and see how it goes. Batt might be flat and not enough to get the car started up. If tat done work then im sure someone else has another recommendation

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:10 am

the battery was brand new and has a charge, the stater motor is working fine so its not a battey problem

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:53 am

Hmm...spark plugs maybe? Just curious, y in the world did u meddle with yeah battery anyway

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:43 am

You have probably blown a fuse or 2. Check all the fuses in both the cabin and under the bonnet.

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:21 am

yip my guess would be fuse or two or prop more

esp the main ones under the bonnet

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:36 am

yep i third that

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:48 pm

iv checked all the fuses only one was blown and i have changed i, still the same problem

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:35 pm

http://www.ftowa.com/html/workshop/workshopart07.html

To check for error codes mate.

Are you sure it's not a fuse though? I would have thought this could fry the battery? If it is holding a charge is this outruling this or could it still have dropped a cell?

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:02 pm

did you check main ones under bonnet (the big bastards)?

do you have immobiliser? possibly you have fried it too.....

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:25 am

has anyone had this problem before, could my ecu or some other unit be fried

Post by **vipfto** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:22 pm

wow_wee wrote:has anyone had this problem before, could my ecu or some other unit be fried

its possible but thats what the fuses are for to protect it

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:19 am

are there any other fuses other than the ones in the engine bay fuse box and the ones in the box under the steering wheel. i had a look around the ecu but there a few little boxes around it that look like relays or something could they be acting like fuses, aslo could be distributor have been damaged buy trying to start the car when the battery was on the wrong way.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:37 am

no distributor mate. FTO's have coil packs. 1 on top of each of the front bank spark plugs and leads to the rear bank.

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:43 am

I second the immobilizer. Check to see if its still enabled. Something like this happened to me a while back.

Post by **vipfto** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:39 am

have you checked coils for spark?

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:41 am

no spark from the coils, so i changed them and still nothing

Post by **vipfto** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:00 pm

are the big fuse wires broken? could be crank angle sensor, do you have immobiliser i havent read that you do?otherwise could be an issue for the auto sparky

kermut · Post by **kermut** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:03 pm

thiis ones easy....look behind your radiator cap wer you put the water in there s a small module its your power transistor u blew that up change it and itll work promice

..let me know how u go... shudnt cost u more than 50 bucks

wow_wee · Post by **wow_wee** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:19 am

so is the power transistor the little black box that is actually sitting on the engine or is it one of the 3 plugs that is sitting on the braket which is fastened to the intake