Hi everyone,

 

I was tracking down a short on my wiring harness and I think I may have smoked something!

I had an short in my aav plug and was removing some tape so I could get a better look and when I got into the car I had no lights on the dash. (check engine, etc.) When I was pulling off the tape the ignition was on and the car was not running.

I looked under the dash and my ecu has no LED lighting up. I connected the diagnostic leads and still nothing.

The only time I have seen these symptoms before is when I forgot to connect the ground on the engine harness, but the ground is connected!

The car will turn over but will not fire.

I have no idiot lights on the dash that light up.

I have checked continuity for many of the wires in the harness back to the throttle position sensor and all seemed to be good. All of the ground wires have continuity back to the tps.

I switched a spare ecu in and nothing changed. No lights, and the car won't start.

Does anyone know what could be the problem? I have tugged on the harness many times before and never seen this happen.

If anyone has any idea of a possible fix, please let me know. This is my only vehicle and I must get it running!

I am going to go check the fuse box and the fusible links.

I will check back here after to see if anyone has any ideas!

 

HELP ME JEEBUS!

HELP ME JEEBUS!

 

fuses... thats what u did.

thanks for the reply!

 

 

So I just checked the fuses under the dash and the fusible links on the drivers side front fender and everything toned out good.

Am I missing something? are there more fuses that I don't know about?

Is there a power wire that I may have busted?

I'm gonna print out the service manual and see if there is something there that will help me.

Thanks again for everyone's help!

I'm sure it's something stupid like that!

Don't think that 2 ecu's went south on me. But, I'm not looking too smart at the moment so ........

You guys ROCK!!!!

 

So I had missed a bad fuse. Must have jumped over it when I was checking the fuse box.

Thanks for your help all!

The subaru rides AGAIN!

Going to take it out for a test drive but I'm sure it's good as new.

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

 

Marko

Was it, by chance, the horn fuse?

 

I've blown that more than once screwing around with eletrical stuff, and it seems the horn fuse is the one the ECU runs off. Why the fuse box doesn't list the ECU on that fuse is beyond me.

 

-=Russ=-

I will look and see tomorrow what position the fuse was in. I can't remember at the moment. Maybe it was the horn location.

 

I was getting a little worried with the car being down. I have some appointments tomorrow including a new windshield!

As soon as I get in I will forward the position of the blown fuse. I'm still not sure why it blew but I will know next time it happens!

 

Thanks again all!

I will look and see tomorrow what position the fuse was in. I can't remember at the moment. Maybe it was the horn location.

 

I was getting a little worried with the car being down. I have some appointments tomorrow including a new windshield!

As soon as I get in I will forward the position of the blown fuse. I'm still not sure why it blew but I will know next time it happens!

 

Thanks again all!

 

 

Just remember, The next time I'm in Canada to give me a Ride,

 

-x

HELP ME JEEBUS!

 

LOL.. .. that is my favorite quote when I am in a situation that is unraveling...

Wonder if Homer's wagon is a Subaru?..... MMMMMMMM Subaru.....

 

Glad to hear it was just fuses.