Post by compuzen on Feb 25, 2008 15:17:21 GMT -5
Hello guys, I looked all around for a good automotive help site and got a few points in this direction. Thanks before hand for any help or input you might have.
I bought a 2003 Focus ZTS that had set up for 6 months. It turned out that a rat or squirrel lived under the hood for a while and chewed some wires. One was the O2 sensor under the engine, and a bundle that run towards the fans and some headlight/blinker lights.
Before finding that it was more than the O2 sensor wire that was severed i tried starting it. The fuel pump started after turning the key to the on position, but when i turned it to crank the engine, the engine would turn but not start. I pulled the O2 sensor and spliced the four wires back together. This might be where i made a mistake (like an idiot). There were 4 wires a black, grey, and two white with no markings. I had hoped they were just some kind of ground and spliced the two white wires together. The bundle that went to the fans i left alone but clipped so they weren't touching eachother, and the last two wires where an orange and orange/white wire that ran to the transmission under the middle of the motor.
Now after that I installed the new battery that had just worked 4 hours earlier and hopped in to start it. I noticed that when I turned the keys to ON all the gauges went to their max positions (like the speedometer went to 140 and the fuel went to full etc). I turned the key to crank it but it didn't do anything. No clicks and no fuel pump starting. I've since spliced the bunch of wires that went to the fan and disconnected the O2 sensor, but still wont start. The main thing i've noted is that the odometer read the mileage before i start, and now all it shows is dashes like this (------). I hooked my friends ODB2 reader up to it and it reads Error. Could i have shorted the car's computer if those two wires from the O2 sensor were backwards?
I've disconnected the battery to reset it and checked all the fuses under the hood and dash.
Its an automatic with the 2.0 Zetec. Before the owner died and it set up all this time it was kept in great shape. Anything wrong was fixed at the dealership and the oil was changed religiously.
Thank you guys, for any help you can give,
Dennis
I bought a 2003 Focus ZTS that had set up for 6 months. It turned out that a rat or squirrel lived under the hood for a while and chewed some wires. One was the O2 sensor under the engine, and a bundle that run towards the fans and some headlight/blinker lights.
Before finding that it was more than the O2 sensor wire that was severed i tried starting it. The fuel pump started after turning the key to the on position, but when i turned it to crank the engine, the engine would turn but not start. I pulled the O2 sensor and spliced the four wires back together. This might be where i made a mistake (like an idiot). There were 4 wires a black, grey, and two white with no markings. I had hoped they were just some kind of ground and spliced the two white wires together. The bundle that went to the fans i left alone but clipped so they weren't touching eachother, and the last two wires where an orange and orange/white wire that ran to the transmission under the middle of the motor.
Now after that I installed the new battery that had just worked 4 hours earlier and hopped in to start it. I noticed that when I turned the keys to ON all the gauges went to their max positions (like the speedometer went to 140 and the fuel went to full etc). I turned the key to crank it but it didn't do anything. No clicks and no fuel pump starting. I've since spliced the bunch of wires that went to the fan and disconnected the O2 sensor, but still wont start. The main thing i've noted is that the odometer read the mileage before i start, and now all it shows is dashes like this (------). I hooked my friends ODB2 reader up to it and it reads Error. Could i have shorted the car's computer if those two wires from the O2 sensor were backwards?
I've disconnected the battery to reset it and checked all the fuses under the hood and dash.
Its an automatic with the 2.0 Zetec. Before the owner died and it set up all this time it was kept in great shape. Anything wrong was fixed at the dealership and the oil was changed religiously.
Thank you guys, for any help you can give,
Dennis