Help please!

1. user_66744 L-plater Joined: Feb 2014 Preston Posts: 61 mk1 vts

   #1 18th May 2014, 12:03

   So after the dials and cd player suddenly going of and a lot of white smoke coming from the engine bay… i pulled over and found this…
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   My first question is obvious what made this happen?
   
   second question how do i fix it ha?
2. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #2 18th May 2014, 12:07

   Shorted. Cut off and replace with new wire of the correct gauge on the loom, and check the alternator to see if it's buggered but it'll probably be ok
   
   
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3. user_66744 L-plater Joined: Feb 2014 Preston Posts: 61 mk1 vts

   #3 18th May 2014, 12:10

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Gandi699 Shorted. Cut off and replace with new wire of the correct gauge on the loom, and check the alternator to see if it's buggered but it'll probably be ok Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

   How do i find the right wire? its for a mk1 vts
4. monka Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1368

   #4 18th May 2014, 12:27

   get a wire the same thickness, make sure the core is the same. although tbh, being that you asked the question, i'd assume you dont have the tools/knowledge. and being that its burnt once, take it to a garage/auto electrician and get it done well

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5. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #5 18th May 2014, 17:14

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by monka get a wire the same thickness, make sure the core is the same. although tbh, being that you asked the question, i'd assume you dont have the tools/knowledge. and being that its burnt once, take it to a garage/auto electrician and get it done well

   This tbh. No offence, but it sounds like you're not comfortable with the work needed. Save yourself a bigger problem by having an auto-electrician look over it. Might cost you £60 or something, but could save an engine fire

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6. user_66744 L-plater Joined: Feb 2014 Preston Posts: 61 mk1 vts

   #6 20th May 2014, 16:35

   So i took it to my local mechanic today and he said that its going to need a whole new loom and that t will take like 6/7 hours… so say £45/50 an hour is not going to be worth it… so may just break for parts and scrap it…
7. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

   #7 20th May 2014, 16:36

   Are you having like, a massive laugh?
8. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #8 20th May 2014, 16:54

   buy an engine loom from the for sale section here for probably £25. Then fit it yourself. If the loom is from the exact same model and year, even a child could fit it.

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9. Ali123 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2011 huddersfield Posts: 2635 ph3'd c2 gt

   #9 20th May 2014, 17:26

   6/7 hour job to fit the loom though?! What?
10. monka Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1368

    #10 20th May 2014, 17:34

    find an electrician or a different garage. trouble with mechanics when it comes to electronics they dont know what they are looking at.