[bsbob]

I need help! I bumped my battery terminal leads together by accident and now the car wont start! Anybody out there mighnt know what I can do to fix it?!

 

[turbojack]

check for blown fuses....?????

 

[bsbob]

I checked all the fuses they all are ok. It almost wants to start but wont stay running.

 

[chubz]

Check your relays.

Whats the car doing? Cranking but not starting?

 

[bsbob]

It's cranking but not starting. Smell fuel so no problem getting gas. Relays look ok. Seems like car is in disabled mode or something. No codes are showing either.

 

[turbojack]

Engine needs air, fuel, spark.. to run. Not easy to diagnose as it sounds sometimes but.... Try and go over basics first. Have good fuel pressure? Getting air into the engine? getting good spark? What were you working on when the cables touched. Maybe you left something disconnected because wires hit, and forgot to finish initial install?... if not maybe post some more info maybe theres a clue some where you not seeing but someone else will.

 

[bsbob]

I was tightening the hot side turbo clamp with the battery out of the car. Ran fine before this. can touching the battery terminals together cause the car to go in safe mode or something? I went over everything again to make sure things were right.

 

[glhs837]

The battery was out of the car?

 

[turbojack]

Well when you took the battery out of the car you needed to disconnect things right. You have made sure those things are now properly connected right? When you were working on the clamp, you were aware of the things near where you were working could be moved/broken/disconnected by being heavy handed right?

If you sure the tightening of the clamp before the wires touched went without a problem, I would lean towards a fuse or relay being fried as a result of the temporary short/volt spike. Hard to tell without seeing or hearing... things

Sorry but I don’t think I can help from here better than that. Maybe someone else will read and post an idea or something.