well, i pulled a stupid ... i put the battery terminals on backwards, fried the battery fuse replaced it, now some wierd things have been going on. for one, my cel spits out codes w.o being jumpered, which i thought was wierd. my fan (which is directly hooked up to a switch) wont turn on, and i just noticed white smoke coming from the exhaust ( i think its time for a new head gasket ne ways). any suggestions to find out wats wrong?

thanks

 

Fan shouldn't car which way it's hooked up. It will spin either way. How exactly do you have it wired - fuse, relay, anything?

Try resetting your ECU (disconnect the battery again for a few minutes).
Run it and see what codes you get and then post them.
Might be that you fried the ecu =(

 

daaaaamn. alright ill see. any other ideas?

 

ok i fixed the fan...the fuse in the wire was blown. but the ecu is still spittin out codes w.o being jumped. its the same 4 codes... 3, 9, 22, and 41. any ideas on why its doin this? thanks

 

Usually when you do this the power surge follows the largest power lines. Which general means alternator, starter, ignition. Don't know what your codes relate to but it sounds like you may have fried the ECU. You'd probably be able to get one for cheap from a junk yard though.

 

can the car start if the ecu is fried? cause it starts and idles just fine.

 

It could I guess. Tried driving it yet?

 

if it starts and idles fine i dont think the ecu is fried

 

ooook. i just drove up to the gas station.. car kinda hesitaded on the way, filled up the tank and put in some fuel system cleaner, then on the way home, the car died. it started right back up, then i got to the speed bumps and it was idling really low and backfiring. i basically coasted home at 3 mph, then i heard a terrible screeching from what sounded like the front, and thats alllll she wrote. i had to push it home. now it wont start

any ideas?

 

Wow.
No idea.

All that from a backwards battery.
Simply amazing!
I hooked up backwards ONCE and just blew the BIG fuse. Nothing other than that.

 

you think a bad fuel pump could be the culprit?

 

I would try a different ECU first.