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 Post subject: engine cutting out
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:59 pm 
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i have an el fairmont auto and while i was drivin on the highway today my sub made my speakers cut out, then my head unit turned off then the cluster stopped working and the engine cut out. anyone have any ideas?

i also had to jump start it five times within 10 kms to get home

 

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 Post subject: Re: engine cutting out
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:11 pm 
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checked the fuse??? it think its one of the 15amp ones??? green???

 

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 Post subject: Re: engine cutting out
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:19 pm 
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yeah mate checked all the fuses, my mate put the battery terminals on backwards last night might have somethin to do with it? also starts when jumpstarted for about a min then does the same thing

 

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 Post subject: Re: engine cutting out
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:28 pm 
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wild_cleveland wrote:
yeah mate checked all the fuses, my mate put the battery terminals on backwards last night might have somethin to do with it? also starts when jumpstarted for about a min then does the same thing



hmmmm.... yeah this is out of my league then. :?

 

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 Post subject: Re: engine cutting out
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:21 pm 
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Is the battery charging? Sounds like he fried the alt wiring, possibly even killed the alternator. I had a bloke hook up the wires on his battery wrong on his camry a few months ago and fried the alternator and the wiring from the alt to the battery. i'd check that to start off.

 

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