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Old 05-30-2010, 05:54 PM
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Car died n wont start help.

I was driving my car and all of a sudden it started to lose power i pulled over to the side of the road check engine lights and warning lights cam on and now cat wont start, i heard a pop and theres some pieces of debris in the tail pipe, HELP! New additions are bhr ignition and rp supercat just installed yesterday.
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car will no longer crank all i hear is clicks
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car will no longer crank all i hear is clicks
Problem solved ground came loose
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Can you tell me where the ground is on the car please? I'm fairly new to the rx8, but same thing happened with me. Want to check all possibilities

thanks.
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I am thinking he meant the negative battery terminal but there are a couple different grounding points on the car that you would need to check if he meant ground ground.
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Originally Posted by DeViLbOi
I am thinking he meant the negative battery terminal
I'm sure that is what occurred... wouldn't be the first time this was the culprit.
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