last week i noticed my ground wire that is connected to the valve cover and frame was off so i decided to just take the wire out. couple days after i cant start my car when its hot out. i would need to jump start it everytime. it would start in the mornings just fine because temperatures are around 60 degrees. my battery would die so quick and im not quite sure whats happening..
i see that some people dont even use that ground wire and they dont have any trouble starting their cars.
my question is that do i really need that wire? or what else can it be?
i can play music and such but every time i turn the key all the way.. my clock light seems to dim..
please help. school is starting soon and i dont wanna be stranded or asking everyday for a jump start

 

dude if i were you i'd connect that wire right away, or you'll run into all kinds of trouble trust me.. and its exspensive trouble too its the ground for your ur sensors on or around the intake manifold i left that ground loose for a while (didnt notice)and it fried hella shiet already almost done replacing all the parts and it ran me atleast $500+ so far

 

i just tried to start my car and its just clicking. the rpm would go from 100rpm to 0 and back to 100 and back to zero really fast like the wheel of fortune.

 

now the car wont even start. im trying to jump it but its not even working. could any of my ground wires be messed up? what do you guys think?

 

how long have you been driving w/o that ground?

 

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looks like you fucked that **** up brother, take it in the shop, then leave it the hell alone.

 

my friend is missing that ground in his gsr and his car runs perfectly fine.

im not sure but i dont see why that one ground could cause this much of a problem. why not just connect it back? unless youve already tried that and its still not working...

 

that ground is very important, w/o it there will be very expsensive damages

 

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could you explain in more depth of why its important instead of just using that as an excuse as to why you had problems with your car?

 

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could you explain in more depth of why its important instead of just using that as an excuse as to why you had problems with your car?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Explain in more depth why your friend removed his.. what did he expect to get out of it, besides problems?? Im soo tired of getting on honda tech listening to people's problems because they do STUPID **** to their cars because they dont know what they are doing, LEAVE YOUR CAR ALOEN IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING!!

 

wegotmorrison, i agree 100% with you! but yeah guy with the problem tell me everything you can about the problem i may be able to help

 

we should start a thread for dumbasses who caused their own problems.

 

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Explain in more depth why your friend removed his.. what did he expect to get out of it, besides problems?? Im soo tired of getting on honda tech listening to people's problems because they do STUPID **** to their cars because they dont know what they are doing, LEAVE YOUR CAR ALOEN IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

well actually after he bought his car i took a look under his hood and realized he was missing it.

assuming every other ground is connected, missing one ground should not cause $500+ worth of damages to your car.

 

wanna bet? it all depends on how long you drive w/o fixin that ground

 

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ive been driving without a ground for about 20k miles and thats when i bought the car. it was off when i bought it so im assuming there were many more miles put on it.

my friend with his b16 swapped civic is missing his valve cover ground. 50k+ miles later? still running strong

 

Congradulations. My Car is missing nothing, and runs perfect.

 

there is a possiblity that the ground was relocated, but here lemme tell you what it can damage, your map sensor, your main fuel relay in turn messes up your fuel pump, it can also damage your ecu the ground is there for a reason, dont mess with it

 

every ground is supposed to be connected that is true but the point im trying to make is having one that is not connected shouldnt be completely disastrous.

now it would also depend WHICH ground is missing and the OP clearly states:

"last week i noticed my ground wire that is connected to the valve cover and frame was off so i decided to just take the wire out. "

could the ground be his problem? yes. will it become a big enough problem for him to practically commit suicide? i doubt it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iVteC_PoWeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">every ground is supposed to be connected that is true but the point im trying to make is having one that is not connected shouldnt be completely disastrous.

now it would also depend WHICH ground is missing and the OP clearly states:

"last week i noticed my ground wire that is connected to the valve cover and frame was off so i decided to just take the wire out. "

could the ground be his problem? yes. will it become a big enough problem for him to practically commit suicide? i doubt it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Regardless of the size of the problem, dont we all want to avoid car trouble? maybe thats jsut me... but I like getting in my car knowing it will start, or take me across the country if thats what I soooo desire.

 

just got my battery charged at kragens and they said it was very weak. imma try to put it back on and see what happens. i already put my ground back on and already tried starting it an hour ago but still did not start.

came to 3 conclusions
battery
alternator
ignition - replaced with a used one 6 months ago because my car was broken into and they broke my ignition.

 

problem was that the battery was reallly weak. car is running now. thanks