NOOO! 172 ph1 Dead after mixing up +&- on battery...

[JMBW]

I feel like a total moron:S, somehow I connected my battery the wrong way around and had an interesting sparks and light shorting... and now when I crank the engine it will not start?

It cranks fine and sounds healthy, but just won’t run. And FYI the immobiliser light goes off when I insert the key.

Please can someone tell me what could be the problem? I really hope I haven’t fried something expensive or irreparable.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Big red button near the battery - inertia switch...?

Whack that and see if it comes back to life.

Failing that, no idea.

A pro will be along to help out shortly, no doubt.

 

[Fred@BTM]

you will have blown a fuse in the engine bay fuse box, take the cover off and look

 

[Budgie]

If you need the fuse in question, PM me. I've got millions.

 

[JMBW]

Thanks for your replies, I have now checked the red button, and it had not been effected, also all the fuse’s in the engine bay look fine, but I will change them all today too be sure.

What if no fuse has blown? What is most likely to have been damaged?

 

[lemonnobby]

Shorted injection computer as a customer did the same thing on his clio

 

[Fred@BTM]

how do you mix up the +ve and -ve anyway? the cables don't reach!

 

[Jonny1*2]

Good point ^^^

isn't this the second thread in two days where someone has done this :S

 

[lemonnobby]

Customer did it jump starting I believe or something

 

[mark123]

You could put the battery in the wrong way around.

 

[JMBW]

- believe me, it still amazes me how I managed to not see it coming... and yes mark123 has it spot on- installed it the wrong way around but the battery is also relocated.
In this case I consider myself very lucky, because the only thing that happened was it blew a 5amp fuse in the engine bay fuse box, it runs perfectly again.