Issue After Jump Start

[Craved]

my mate just got his S6 rx7 in the country... he had to jump start it as the battery was crap..

now there are 2 Greddy electrical (water and oil pressure) guages that dont work anymore..

also a pivot temperature controler (for fans) not working either.

anyone know if they have an internal fuse or are they usually fused somehwere else?

sooo many wires running all through the car (dunno why they alwasy do it that way) but just checking for any hints on it.

mainly the pivot unit as it cotrols the thermo fan so it cant be driven until thats fixed

[Beer Baron]

i think the only way to get to the bottom of it is to go through tracing the wires back to where they are getting their power from. as far as i know none of those modules have any internal replaceable fuse. Whoever connected them should have used a fuseable power supply. In fact probably the quickest way to figure it out is to just check all the fuses out on the fuse panel. the fact that something blows does suggest some other problem though, possibly too many things drawing current fron the one source. man i hate electrical problems! good luck

[LO_R33]

Grab a multimeter and place it on the positive and negative wires going into the control unit, that will establish wether or not it has power.. if it does i'd say you stuffed the unit.

Dayne

[Coupe-This]

Is that the black series 6 rx7, f*kn nice machine he has ... take it to an auto elec. Dont even risk backyard electrics if you dont know exactly what your doing. Not safe to you or the car.

All the best

[xRHETTx]

As long as you dont open the bonnet, all the electric system is only 12V so dont be afraid to have a poke around.

As LO R33 said, get a multimeter and have a look. If they have power, you have probably fried them as the were hooked up to a non-fused source (like straight from the battery)

If they dont have power, the odds are a fuse has gone. I'd be checking the cigarette lighter fuse first, as most people run heaps of stuff off it as its easy to get to and has positive, earth and illumination (what most gauges need).

[Craved]

thanks for the hints there guys ....

but this is funny ... it was actually all drawing power from the ECU - crazy japs

but it was only a coincidence that when he jump started it a connector that was running the 3 units disconnected behind the head deck .. oh well its sorted now ..

hey Coupe .. the car is red. and race import only so its fine to be doing a back yard ish job as it is still to be stripped out etc.

this is it .. small pic though

[race_snooze]

auto electrician

[sewid]

wow drawing power from the ecu... i usually connect things to the cig lighter circuit as im a bit paranoid about things like that.

[Craved]

wow drawing power from the ecu... i usually connect things to the cig lighter circuit as im a bit paranoid about things like that.

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yeah i cant see why they would take the power from there .. but they did .. and the issue was sorted .. just a loose connection from the ign switch in the fuse box to the remotes for all three units