SoCal General Chat

[nickflic3]

Front end is soooo low O_O

[ethrtyiS]

Could be either power or ground cable, but still need to look for drains. Are your accessories, lights, everything getting enough juice with the engine off and the key in position 2? I'd help you out if I was closer, haha.

yeahhh i was thinking its my radio. my ground cable looks to be just fine. im thinking that since i didnt hook up the battery negative on the radio, its draining it. i couldnt think of anything else. trunk lights turn off and only drivers side door seems to turn on interior lights.

Anyone down to hit up Sherman Oaks Euro Meet tonight? I will be there. its in the far east parking lot by the In and Out.

damn, would have gone but my girl stole me. ill def be there next week after work!

Front end is soooo low O_O

pictars or gtfo!

[cyberkaa]

Front end is soooo low O_O

Pics nao! :hitler:

yeahhh i was thinking its my radio. my ground cable looks to be just fine. im thinking that since i didnt hook up the battery negative on the radio, its draining it. i couldnt think of anything else. trunk lights turn off and only drivers side door seems to turn on interior lights.

damn, would have gone but my girl stole me. ill def be there next week after work!

pictars or gtfo!

You mean your radio isn't even powered? It wouldn't drain it if it's disconnected.

[ethrtyiS]

You mean your radio isn't even powered? It wouldn't drain it if it's disconnected.

no no. radio works just fine. its got acc, ground, then a yellow and black wire for a little capacitor battery thats with it. yellow is hooked up to constant power but the black wire for the battery isnt plugged in. could be the culprit.

[cyberkaa]

no no. radio works just fine. its got acc, ground, then a yellow and black wire for a little capacitor battery thats with it. yellow is hooked up to constant power but the black wire for the battery isnt plugged in. could be the culprit.

Ah, I see. Haha, well, worth checking that out, but I still think it'll be something connected as opposed to something that's not. :p

[jp_slick]

Front end is soooo low O_O

hell yea it is, how did it feel on the way home?

[Ssolidarity]

yooo newish here. anyone from the newport beach area?

[dvck]

netflix rules life.

this next year im buying an early model.

[ethrtyiS]

Ah, I see. Haha, well, worth checking that out, but I still think it'll be something connected as opposed to something that's not. :p

yeahh im going to check it out when i install gg's voltmeter. how can i tell if its a bad ground battery wire? what else could it be if its not that? eeek, i hate wiring issues.

netflix rules life.

this next year im buying an early model.

i want one!

[e30trooper]

Alot of shit bro, to get a good job done, with 3m tint, it would prbably run about 150 for all around 5%. With that money i could do a good tune up, and an oil change. Which right now it needs much more then some dark windows lol

tune ups are mildly cheap. Hid's are cheap. Pretty much anything is fairly cheap if you think about it. I personally wouldn't waste 150 on tint. Plus 5% is just a ticket waiting to happen.

Oil change is about 15-25 bux

[cyberkaa]

yeahh im going to check it out when i install gg's voltmeter. how can i tell if its a bad ground battery wire? what else could it be if its not that? eeek, i hate wiring issues.


i want one!

k, sounds good.

You can check your battery for good connections to the alternator by testing the following:
-battery negative to bare metal on the chassis
-chassis to alternator case
-battery positive to firewall positive distribution block
-firewall positive block to alternator positive
Resistance should be a few ohms max. I'm sure the alternator tests will be fine since your car runs ok.

Then, test for loads.
-Switch your multimeter to current measurement. Might have to move the + probe to a different socket on the multimeter. Most I've used have one specifically called "10A", "20A", just "Amps", or something like that.
-Take battery negative cable off and use one probe on the negative battery post, the other on the negative cable. It'll probably give you a small spark since it's essentially working as a wire now. That also means you don't want to touch positive and negative with the multimeter now. Only do this with the engine NOT running and DO NOT start the engine while the multimeter is connected like this.
-Make sure all lights off, including the trunk light, which you will need to unplug or switch off by pressing the trunk switch.
-With car completely off (key out of cylinder), read off the current. It should be in the 10s of mA. 40mA or 50mA isn't too bad if you've got an aftermarket radio. Getting into the 100mA range or more means you've got something that will drain your battery too fast.
-Pull fuses until the excessive load goes away. Find out what's on that fuse and fix it.

Don't forget to switch the multimeter out of current measurement mode when you're done or you might short something next time.

[cyberkaa]

So, a bit of good news finally. I got the GT1 laptop running nice and stable now. Had to unload the virus scanner and kill a lot of processes in windows and only then did vmware stop crashing.
I also managed to get the VM session talking to the OBD adapter so I should be able to code a car now with DIS now. Going to try it out on the M3 tomorrow.

[mkcman17]

I don't think anything would split me from my abigail, but..

Think it's for rizzle or what?

[Avus E30]

thanks guys. we made to Oklahoma last night and stayed with some friends. next stop Santa Rosa NM.

[QUKBMER]

I don't think anything would split me from my abigail, but..

Think it's for rizzle or what?

I dont know,he keeps telling you to go to his house. I would watch it mike,sounds like a scam.