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Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:20 pm**

ok, changed the starter motor today and while i was putting the wires back on the power? wire arced onto the starter, ( i know, stupid me for not disconnecting the battery) now the engine won't start. starter cranks fine and i smell fuel, so thinkin it might be spark. maybe i have blown a fuse somewhere, but i checked them all. any ideas??

thanks.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:51 pm**

Stepper!

Seriously thou, it'd have to be one of the big main fuses, the 100 or 80amp one.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:05 pm**

oh sooo very funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!! there's always one in every forum !!!! lol

what big fuses? the fusable links in the engine bay fuse box? they all look ok.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:23 pm**

do you know how to check for spark?

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:46 pm**

nope.
checked the error codes today (thurs, 9th) and just get engine light flashing continuesly.
what are the other square things in the engine-bay fuse box?? are they relays? nothing on the translated diagram for the fusebox.

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:48 pm**

yeah the bigger ones are the engine bay fuse box are fuses to, as ben says blown one

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:25 pm**

is there any way to test them, there is nothing visible?? they are just a solid black case.

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:02 pm**

just check for power with multimetre like a nomal fuse, or are the ones your looking at relays? they have 4 or 5 prongs on them

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:25 pm**

im not sure what they are, there is no amp rating on them so i think they are relays.

6 brown and 1 black on the left side of fusebox. there is japanese writing on the fusebox cover, but no translation on the forum post about fuses.

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:37 pm**

yip they relays

did you check glass top fuses properly? they are the larger capicity ones

Posted: **Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:10 pm**

Pull each fuse our and check for continuity. The smaller ones you can just leave them in as they have those exposed metal bits you can put a multimeter to.

I have a similar issue years back. Check all your fuses under your drivers side dash. Hopefully one of them will be burnt.

Posted: **Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:02 pm**

talked to the auto electrician today, he said that the power wire for the starter isn't fused anywhere, so it's not the problem, must be something else. i tried starting it today and it started first go, must be japanese gremlins again !!!!!

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:26 pm**

Did you check the fuses under your dash? Never said the starter was fused.

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:12 pm**

i checked all the fuses as soon as it happened, i thought that it would have blown something. the problem goes back to my on-going stepper motor problems.