Car shuts down, Fuses HOT

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Lopin18
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Car: '89 Nissan 240SX Hatch KA24E

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Quick one:

Car shut down 2 times yesterday totally random,, cruising and idling fine then plop lost all power and died but turned back on after 1 or 2 min. (had 5 days running fine), Wiring was redone time ago to fix some electrical problems too

Things i noticed:- Ground cable from my electrical fan was lose (had a relay there but the negative cable fell off), maybe touching randomly

- When drifting RIGHT my car shuts down, just like it shut down while cruising.... im thinking maybe its the fan wiring that is done poorly? like the neg cable thing?

- Some time ago my alternator cables were touching each other, blowing my alt fuse. but i moved them appart and taped them (noticed this trying to fix my right drifting problem)

Now check this out.... it seems the fuses and cables overheating (fuel pump fuse and headlight fuses) are connected directly to the battery!!! wtf....!!! also my key assembly runs a lil hot and its the point where the fuel pump fuse links iwth the battery!

look at these pics, red cables are from the battery to the fuses... and i point out the fuses get hot and the headlight cables, wtf is wrong my car? alternator? what?






Modified by Lopin18 at 11:44 AM 10/8/2008


Lopin18
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Car: '89 Nissan 240SX Hatch KA24E

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Car died today when i parked, pump died, whines but doesnt pump ANYTHING, pulled her out, turned the key, she sounds strong but when i dip it into the fuel Nothing gets pumped just sound....

Fuses were reeealy hot when i touched... as always....

anyone can see the pics above... am i overvoltaging or underloading or soemting the fuses???

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onosqv
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Lopin18 wrote:Car died today when i parked, pump died, whines but doesnt pump ANYTHING, pulled her out, turned the key, she sounds strong but when i dip it into the fuel Nothing gets pumped just sound....
I would replace that fuel pump before anything else...

Lopin18
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Car: '89 Nissan 240SX Hatch KA24E

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Yeah its being changed tomorrow but still the fuses will keep heating and i dont want this new pump to go after 1 month like this one did


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