smoke from the hood?!?!

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:50 pm

so i was sitting in the car on my break listening to music and all of a sudden white smoke starts billowing out of my hood... the first thing i thought was that my valve cover gasket was blown again so i popped the hood and found this...

that's the fuse holder for my amp that is mounted off of a 4 guage wire from my battery that goes back to the amp... my friend and i think that it is because the fuse is too big and since it didnt blow the wire just started to melt... we will never know however because the fuse itself is melted into the holder... guess that means i will be driving around quietly like every1 else until i take the time to fix it

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:02 pm

Yeah, either the fuse was too big, or the connection wasn't tight enough. Loose connections don't make good contact and generate a lot of heat. Its like using too small of wire.

If the fuse was to large, I'd check to see what was causing the big power drain. You may have a short somewhere.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:55 pm

thats what i get for paying $150 to have them proffessionally installed... my friend and i fixed it and they kick harder now but hopefully everything else is good.. i was sure to make the connection way better

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:58 pm

tomfitz wrote:thats what i get for paying $150 to have them proffessionally installed... my friend and i fixed it and they kick harder now but hopefully everything else is good.. i was sure to make the connection way better

$150+ pro installed= fail

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:18 am

major fail... especially since he clearly did it incorrectly

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:53 am

Oh well at least it wasn't the gasket.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:06 am

yeah i already had to replace that once and it was a big pain... wasnt difficult but it sure was a time killer

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:21 am

(random) dude i love those wheels in your pic

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tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:57 am

haha thanks man.. im thinking about painting them but idk how they will look... i asked for sum1 to photoshop it so hopefully i can see if i like it

SILVER-RT · Post by **SILVER-RT** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:55 pm

fly car

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:00 pm

that saved your car!! so atleast the fuse did it's job!!