94' G20 New Owner - New Forum Member

[Turbo Glennbo]

Hey Guys - New member here so Hello to all. This is my 1st Infinity. its a 94' G20 - I have been a BMW and Volvo guy but I got a great deal on this car and I am really excited to get it running and see how these cars run. It looks good. I participated on the Bimmer forums and shared a lot of info and I will do the same here if I can help. Sorry for the long post but I want to get all this out of the way and not clog up the forum.

So...... how about some advice and good background on things I need to repair. I went thru the archives pretty good but I thought some of you guys might offer some help on 2 things I need to do ASAP.

The car has a rotten egg smell under the hood. Very weird. Maybe a rat crawled under there and died... Who knows..

#1 - The car was dead when I got it but with a jump it started, removed the cables after 5 minutes and it died and wouldnt start again. Jumped it again for 15 minutes and it got me home (about a 5 mile drive) I hear clicking inside the car (door locks and some shorting sound thru the speakers) The battery light is on on the dash but the battery is new. Something is sucking the power out of this thing which makes me think alternator but before I switch out I am going to clean and check all connections. The window switches arent working either. (its holding a charge now - 5 hrs and counting)

#2 - The drivers power seat is reclined all the way back. The recliner control handle is broken off but I have access to the stem it goes on. Is there a way to manually get the seat back up? ( I removed the motor and manually raised the seat by hand)

The PO was a teenage girl and the friend that sold it for her said he thought the car has an alarm and it maybe running the power down on the car. Is there a factory alarm on this model and if so where is it located? Can you disarm it?

Thanks in advance for any help and I promise not to be to much of a PITA
Modified by Turbo Glennbo at 6:01 PM 6/6/2009

[Turbo Glennbo]

also anything you guys think I should look out for, things quirky about this model or just any shortcut help, send my way - Cheers

[Turbo Glennbo]

Heres an update - Anybody out there? Any help please...

All of my dash, gauges and radio is not working . There was some sounds of burning fuses while driving and everything went dead but the car is still running. The battery has a lot of white ashy stuff at the bottom. I searched the archive and seems maybe the alternator fuse , maybe the TCU, or some relays. Anyone have any suggestions on what to check. I will start with all fuses, relays and the alternator. Thanks in advance for any help.

[unijabnx2000]

didnt read it all, if its all electrical issues have you checked battery, and fuses, and fusible links?

[Turbo Glennbo]

yes - the battery is brand new - all the fuses are hot but I blew 7 of them. Also I blew all 4 brake light/back light bulbs. I am going to replace the bulbs and fuses today and see what happens. I replaced the 75a battery fuse(?) under the hood and I got partial power back on the dash. I read all the archives about my problems and I think I need to check the main fuse (I think its near the alternator) and the brake switch and the interior overhead light. At this point I just dont have power to the radio or any brake lights. Fixing the lights will get me back on the road until I figure out the rest. Can you tell me what and where the fusible links are? I have the Bentley manual but its really vague on a lot of things and its not Infinity specific. Alll Nissan. Thanks

[nametakennow]

Try the FSM instead of that manual. Link in my sig.

I don't recall if there is a factory alarm for the 94's. The aforementioned FSM should have a section on it if it does.

Alternator seems more likely for sucking all the power, but the blowing fuses issue doesn't really line up with that. I'd say you have a nasty short in the system.

[Turbo Glennbo]

After searching thru all the forum archive post I finally saw the FSM links on your signature. That is sweet. I have them saved to my desktop and went thru them as much as possible.

Here the thing - No matter how much I try I just do not understand electrical. Its just mind boggling that I cannot wrap my head around it. Im a technical person but the electrical is just a foriegn language to me. I finally have decided to take it to a shop in the morning (which I really cannot afford)

I change/checked every fuse, fusible link and wiring harness I could find. I checked the starter and alternator grounds and they seem fine. I put a new battery in and went to the salvage yard and got about 40 relays and fus and swapped out most of them. After doing that now the car is getting hot. The temp gauge is peaking out so I made something worse and possibly swithed something out with a bad relay. Any ideas? I think the fans are coming on. Which one isthe main fan fuse.

This is what I am handing the repair shop:* 10A ignition fuse is blowing when I turn the key to the 2nd ON position. * Speedometer at tachometer is not working

I am keeping the battey fuse out while its sitting and the clip off the positive battery terminal so it doesnt run down (I dont know if it will but I dont want to chance it) Everything else works in the car. Something is shorting out somewhere and I put 15 hours into trying to fix this.

I love the car, 94' G20 in great shape with 150K that runs great when it runs and cannot wait to have it on the road. It does have an alarm but I cannot find it. There are 2 silver power looking boxes mounted in the trunk maybe thats the power for the alarm?

Anyway, nametakennow - thanks for the links and suggestions. Its to bad this BB doesnt have more activity. My previous car was a 86' BMW 535i and I lived on the BMW forums and there was a lot of talk and support to newbies, even if we ask repeat and/or stupid questions.

Cheers - Glennbo

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