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Old 12-15-2008, 10:08 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by i_am_socket View Post
One blue spark later and now there's no power on that 12v line and my car won't start. Did I just fry my ECU?
Ouch. Grounding a hot wire of an ECU system can't be good. Hopefully the thing was protected well enough that you just blew a fuse somewhere. There's often two or three different fuses that drive different parts of the ECU.

Check ALL of your fuses - key on - and keep your fingers crossed...
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