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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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I HAVE A 2000 AUDI A4 1.8TQ. I PUT A BATTERY IN IT THAT WAS A TOO BIG FOR IT AND BOTH THA CONNECTORS TOUCHED HOOD AND NOW I HAVE NO POWER TO THE CAR. I TRIED TO JUMP START IT AND GOT NOTHING SO I DONT THINK ITS THA BATTERY. I FIGURE IT MUST HAVE BLOWN A FUSE. I FOUND THA FUSES UNDER THA DASHBOARD BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH IS WHICH. NEED HELP PLEASE!!!
 
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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The battery to ground, and battery to alternator wires
may be burned.
 
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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THANKS FOR UR HELP. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN TRY TO LOOK FOR AS AN INDICATION OF THIS?
I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS LIKE A DIAGRAM OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO I CAN CHECK THA BIGGER FUSES CUZ I WANNA MAKE SURE ITS NOT THE IGNITION FUSE.
 
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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CORRECTION!! I MEANT THE RELAYS NOT THE FUSES
 
Old Jun 25, 2008 | 02:15 AM
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Id pull of the driver kick panel, theres some really big main fuses there id check.
 
Old Jun 25, 2008 | 04:51 AM
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I KNOW. I FOUND THEM BUT THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IS FIGURING OUT WHICH IS WHICH.
 
Old Jun 25, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Just pull them all and check them, it probably could be any of those maxi fuses its probably more likely those than a realy.
 
Old Jun 25, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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I PULLED THEM OUT N CHECKED THEM FOR ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE BUT CANT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM. OTHER THAN THAT I DONT KNOW HOW TO CHECKED THEM.
 
Old Jun 29, 2008 | 01:29 AM
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Well look to see if the metal is broken, otherwise you can pull them and use a test light (lights up when theres a connection) or multimeter with resistance values (0 if its good 1 if its bad).
 
Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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