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 Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
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It's raining here today, so that means headlights on. I parked my car a little while ago and went inside for a couple of hours. When I went to leave, I started my car up, started to leave the parking lot, and turned my headlights on. When I turned them on, the entire electrical system died for just a moment and just about killed the motor. That's the first time this has ever happened, and I'm curious what happened. Any ideas?
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Dec 14, 2008 - 11:37 PM
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sorry for the late reply
 doesn't take very much water, I'm picturing the layout of the engine bay in my mind so i might be wrong, but IF water got in past your headlight, wouldn't that be a straight shot to the connectors behind them? Or maybe the alternator got wet and couldn't handle the additional load, I know there is a factory alt ground somewhere around that area. In my case I believe the starter got wet and grounded. It messed with EVERYTHING, it was like the someone pressed every button on my dash, except it was kind of in low power mode. For instance the alarm light was dim, various power accessories twitched violently, the radio flickered then died, ect. I was tempted to panic but then figured that waiting for the engine heat to dry things off would be the best route. Sure enough twenty minutes later I was on the road confused/thankful as hell. doesn't have to be the starter though, add a little water to the most unsuspecting components and you'd laugh at the complex chain of events that leads it to messing with your electrical, believe me I used to rock an older v-dub  god i hate electrical problems. anyway my question is, do you still have the splash guards under your engine ? This post has been edited by enderswift: Dec 14, 2008 - 11:50 PM --------------------  |
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richee3 What happened? Dec 9, 2008 - 5:28 PM
RickJamesBish Happened to me as well. Dec 9, 2008 - 6:35 PM richee3 So it's not just my car specifically... Sweet... Dec 9, 2008 - 6:56 PM RickJamesBish Twice...I used to always turn my accessories on an... Dec 9, 2008 - 8:19 PM Culpable04 check your alternator, it may be on its way out. Dec 9, 2008 - 9:07 PM
BloodyStupidDavey QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Dec 10, 2008 - 2... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:02 AM richee3 Rick, my motor was running and I only had the radi... Dec 9, 2008 - 11:33 PM Culpable04 check your battery and alternator before you go ba... Dec 10, 2008 - 12:21 AM SAMIAM definatly check the battery, if not the battery it... Dec 10, 2008 - 4:39 AM richee3 Replaced the battery last December. That giant sou... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:09 PM GriffGirl Check your battery connections and make sure they... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:33 PM enderswift I once drove through a puddle that apparently got ... Dec 10, 2008 - 1:43 PM richee3 Griffgirl, that was the first thing I checked when... Dec 10, 2008 - 2:08 PM 808celica check you batt water level if you dont have those ... Dec 15, 2008 - 4:34 AM richee3 The battery is maintenance free, so that's sti... Dec 15, 2008 - 7:15 PM costa i had the same thing happen to me, i gave the batt... Dec 16, 2008 - 11:34 AM soulshadow Check your ground cables. Dec 16, 2008 - 12:32 AM |
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