DrivinFast
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Here is some background on the car, it is a 95 mtx sho 128k miles. I stored it in the garage for about 1 1/2 years and put fuel stabilizer in the gastank when i parked it in the garage and would start it a few times per month for about 8 months out of the 1 1/2 years it was in the garage.
I want to take her out now that the summer is coming out and perform a top & front 60K. I changed the oil, and put some fresh gas in the car and a battery I bought from the store.
When I put the battery in I had connected the pos and neg cables properly but didnt realise there was a small piece of rubber on a part of the neg cable that had ripped away in the past and was exposed and corroded. While I was tightning the pos terminal nut the wrench slipped and for a fraction of a second it touched that bare area of the neg cable and there were small sparks that came off the wire.
Is this why my car wont start? All of the lights and everything work fine in the car and I hear the fuel pump priming. Maybe not enough cranking amps now since i just bought the battery from the store and accidentally created that short circuit or I burned a fuse / relay?
Also when I changed the oil I ran it through a screen and there were these gritty pieces, i dont know if they were carbon buildup/ dirt from the engine or tiny pieces of metal but it was dark colored dont know if from the old oil or what.. All of them added up to the size of half a penny on the screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLHYGkiZBDk
Please help because DrivinFast =AintDrivin@All
I want to take her out now that the summer is coming out and perform a top & front 60K. I changed the oil, and put some fresh gas in the car and a battery I bought from the store.
When I put the battery in I had connected the pos and neg cables properly but didnt realise there was a small piece of rubber on a part of the neg cable that had ripped away in the past and was exposed and corroded. While I was tightning the pos terminal nut the wrench slipped and for a fraction of a second it touched that bare area of the neg cable and there were small sparks that came off the wire.
Is this why my car wont start? All of the lights and everything work fine in the car and I hear the fuel pump priming. Maybe not enough cranking amps now since i just bought the battery from the store and accidentally created that short circuit or I burned a fuse / relay?
Also when I changed the oil I ran it through a screen and there were these gritty pieces, i dont know if they were carbon buildup/ dirt from the engine or tiny pieces of metal but it was dark colored dont know if from the old oil or what.. All of them added up to the size of half a penny on the screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLHYGkiZBDk
Please help because DrivinFast =AintDrivin@All
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