Why won't my car ford zx2 start after battery disconnected?
So I was trying to install an amp late last night, drilled through my firewall for the power cable, disconnected my negative battery terminal, disconnected the positive, accidentally cause a spark. Hooked up amp cable reconnected positive, then negative. When I get in my car, the radio, the lights, the air everything works fine, except the car won't turn over, it will crank strong but no turn over, I tried jumping it, no good, I took it all apart, removed the amp and power/ground cables, still same issue, I'm assuming the spark didn't short my battery because all the electric is still going strong (I may be wrong) I was thinking maybe a bad starter? But it worked fine before the battery terminals were disconnected and reconnected? Bad fuse? Something to do with the fuel injector? Any advice and where/how to start looking would be much appreciated, thanks.
-Adam Z. Rhoads
Update: It's a 98 ford escort zx2 sport auto transmission 4 cylinder, it was working fine until I disconnected the battery, after reconnection, it cranks strong but it just won't start. I touched nothing other than the battery, please send help.
First off, crank and turn over are the same. So it will turn over, but not start. If it cranks, obviously the starter is good. You need to check to see if there's a spark going to the spark plugs. When you shorted it out and got a spark at the battery, you could have blown a fuse or burned up or destroyed some electrical component in the fuel or ignition systems. It is tough and expensive and frustrating to work on vehicles when you have no idea what you are doing and is usually cheaper to pay someone to do it properly.
If It turns over the starter is fine. You may have knocked a wire out for the fuel injectors or fuel pump, spark plugs etc.
You may have fried the starter
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