hey guys. I got and installed my grounding kit from InsaneAmine without any problems. Everything went smoothly and i did everything as directed. However when i went out to do a test run i noticed some small noises coming from the engine. I slowed down in 3rd to limit engine noise to hear wat was going on. I swear i am hearing sparking going on inside. There is something deffinatly sparking in there as i can hear it very often. It sounds like its coming from the back side of the engine bay nearest to the rear of the car. I couldnt isolate exactly what part of the back it was coming from. So my first hunch was it was the negative battery terminal connection sparking. So i took off the end of the wire connected to the negative and drove and i am still getting that sound. So now wat?? Could it be the upper two plenum connections?? Im freaking out cause everytime i drive i can hear the constant sparks. My voltage meter went down a bit and is now close to the middle of the 12V line and the line after that. Ive never had it that low.

thx for ur help guys

 

i will try to remove the top two later and see what it does. Whats the worst that could happen if it is really sparking??
Will my battery die over night?

 

Could burn up your ECU. Sounds like there may be a short. Take off the grounding kit and ohm each wire while jiggling them.

 

I think it is Karma, I mean what were you thinking when you chose that handle?

I hope it blows up.

HAND.

 

wow thanks...

i hope u blow up

lol.

check my sig before u diss me for my nick

 

Your sig disclaimer doesn't change your handle dude.
It's just RUDE.

My pus*y auto would wipe you in any event.

I think I hear crackling go check your engine bzzzzt poof...

 

eh dont be an idiot. I have nothing against auto's. I drove an auto for 5 years before i got this car.

You are acusing me of being rude when it is you who feels the need to put me down when im havin problems.

 

Please dont kill my thread. If your not going to help or contribute then dont post.

thx

 

Get some one to rev your engine while you look at the engine bay. If it sparks a lot (or even a little), you should be able to smell ozone. It has a very distinctive smell and human noses are very sensitive to it since it's poisenes in large quantities, don't worry you'll not die by snifing it in large quantities. It's a similar smell you get after thunderstorm. Should help you in trackng down the problem

 

make sure the wires arent rubbing anything, Id doubt its a spark, its all negative meaning no live wires to short. unless you found a positive line somewhere and touched that... you cant get sparks. and there arent many positive lines hanging around because they are risky.

 

hey thanks a lot guys. I tried that. I had my brother rev and nothing. I also tried to smell for it as nuff (very interestingly mentioned). I know that a sudden spark of energy is able to bind oxygen to from O3 (ozone), but i couldnt smell it. I tried this stuff before posting to make sure i wasnt rasing a flag for no reason. I know its not rattle for sure as i have double and triple checked the tightness of everything. I will check tomorrow and see if I have lost any battery charge. I was surprised at the thought of sparks as a large difference in charge polarity (such as a current) is required to spark. My next guess would be a static charge or a magnetic one. Ill check for this tomorrow, but untill then i was worried that my battery would die.

i was just wondering if anyone else had this problem as i know many have this kit.

thanks for your input guys, i appreciate it greatly!

take care

 

Double check the factory ground point, and the wire that leads to it .. make sure the area that the grounding kit is touching is clean of debris, and securely flush against the Frame.

My thoughts... g'luck

 

first try and remove the ground kit and see if it still does it. that way you can isolate the problem to the kit. then if when you reinstall per instructions it still does it just throw the kit away its not worth it.

 

the kit cant short to anything but a positive wire though. and there should not be a positive wire. all positive wires are fused, meaning youd blow a fuse at the slightest short.

leading me to the conclusion that the noise is not a short or anything related to electronics. but a physical rattle or rub.

 

this is a HUGE longshot, but you are not grounding your kit to the positive pole of the battery are you?

i dont know enough about cars as to figure out what exactly would happen if you did, but just throwing out ideas (no matter how idiotic it seems).

 

I would think a major short out of fuses, ECU and anything electrical would happen. You are right, a longshot, but possible.

 

If he's connected direct from the positive to anything earthed..ie the block it would spark immediately.

No need for revs to do that.

 

I would try repeating the rev test at night in an area where this is very little ambient light. You may then be able to see something. I seriously doubt that the kit could be responsible for the noise though...

 

hehe if he hit the positive when he installed he would have dont himself some welding. the 4gauge wire will not likely be the first to go, every other wire connecting anything to the negative side of the battery will be toast. he'd know it.

 

well It has been 2 days and I have not lost any considerable battery charge. Everything seems to be running normal except for that noise. I dont think the noise is anything rubbing because it doesnt change with bumps or smooth road. Its fairly constant and it really does sound like sparks. I checked to make sure everything is tight and that there is no debris at the connections. I am sure i connected the wire to the negative terminal. The only other possibility is that the wires are jumping around and touching something but I highly doubt something like that would creat that much noise over the engine noise. Plus the wires dont have that much room to bounce around.

you can see wat the setup looks like on my cardomain page, but iono if you can actually infer anything from that.

thx for the help guys