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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:04 AM
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Another damn problem guys. It was koo for awhile and now after the game I went to start the car and noticed that the gas needle wasn't working and my radio neither and my signal blinkers were on. I keep hearing click noises from the dash like the main relay side and from the glove box side. It made my headlights dim really low. My battery is a new optima and everything seems to be functioning koo under the hood so what can it be??
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:06 AM
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Another damn problem guys. It was koo for awhile and now after the game I went to start the car and noticed that the gas needle wasn't working and my radio neither and my signal blinkers were on. I keep hearing click noises from the dash like the main relay side and from the glove box side. It made my headlights dim really low. My battery is a new optima and everything seems to be functioning koo under the hood so what can it be??
You can't seriously be asking this question, it's almost as if you know exactly what's wrong... Check the main relay! Duh!
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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ill check it just wanted to see if it can be some other electrical problem since I've been having plenty of those in the past but ill switch it out with my buddies relay and go from there.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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ill check it just wanted to see if it can be some other electrical problem since I've been having plenty of those in the past but ill switch it out with my buddies relay and go from there.
If you had a multimeter, you could test all the electrical relays and dealing with this issue would be a million times easier.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 09:27 AM
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i would check your grounds, i had the same problem, the valvecover ground was getting hot as heck, switched it never had the problem again
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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Change the relay still the same all shakeup really bad and some gauges still not working and signal lights on the cluster still stay on
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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Change the relay still the same all shakeup really bad and some gauges still not working and signal lights on the cluster still stay on
weak ground to various places. When you picture a "ground" you need to look at the entire picture. In the case of an O2 sensor, the part where the o2 sensor screws, the bolt that meets the block and the exhaust manifold, and the eye hole where the bolt touches the exhaust manifold in order to hold it against the block. Your o2 sensor uses the exhaust manifold as a ground for its signal, yet this is a commonly overlook area when dealing with poor fuel economy or o2 sensor issues. If you don't understand what I'm getting at, what I'm saying is that don't worry JUST about the part where the ground screws in, but make sure that the whole path to ground is good as well.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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Ill check that right now then
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weak ground to various places. When you picture a "ground" you need to look at the entire picture. In the case of an O2 sensor, the part where the o2 sensor screws, the bolt that meets the block and the exhaust manifold, and the eye hole where the bolt touches the exhaust manifold in order to hold it against the block. Your o2 sensor uses the exhaust manifold as a ground for its signal, yet this is a commonly overlook area when dealing with poor fuel economy or o2 sensor issues. If you don't understand what I'm getting at, what I'm saying is that don't worry JUST about the part where the ground screws in, but make sure that the whole path to ground is good as well.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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im in on this one Im having the same problem! Ive checked all grounds and still nothing either
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 12:52 PM
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im in on this one Im having the same problem! Ive checked all grounds and still nothing either
don't just stare at it.. eat it!
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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koo its all good now. got a flat screwdriver and started scraping the ground wires and where they sit so that they would be clean of corrosion and went to start it. its even smoother than before and to think that i was gonna tow it for 60 bucks and who knows what. thanks alot guys.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ZCSp0ngeR
i would check your grounds, i had the same problem, the valvecover ground was getting hot as heck, switched it never had the problem again
thats the ground that looked really bad that i paid most attention too.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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check the ground on the thermostat and the main battery ground.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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thats awesome! Funny thing is I fixed mine today also it was my valve cover ground I just attached it to where the AC bracket originally went.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ZCSp0ngeR
i would check your grounds, i had the same problem, the valvecover ground was getting hot as heck, switched it never had the problem again
valve cover grounds are garbage anyway, i always ground to the head or block can never go wrong there
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 12:56 PM
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thank you very much guys you were so helpful after all the trouble I went through it was only lost connection in the battery groundthank you again have a good one😃😃😃😃😃
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