Hi all and greetings from Darwin Australia.
I have a 2000 model Sportage, and i have to say i have neglected her a bit service wise. She was running very rough which was a lot to do with some dodgy fuel I put in about 2 weeks ago in a remote area. I decided to give her a service, new oil and filter, new fuel filter, new air filter and new plugs.
All was going well until i remove the back spark plug and found that the plug was sitting in about 2 inches of oil, so of course as soon as i removed the plug, the oil drained into the combustion chamber. Not really sure what to do, I had the brilliant idea of putting the plug in, getting it all back together, and then blowing the oil out during combustion. Well, that worked... NOT. Poor thing was banging and groaning, and all of a sudden she stopped, and I now have no power at all to the ignition. No dash lights, no interior lights, nothing. I have checked the power at the battery at 12.67 volts. At the main power fuse it is 4.34 volts. I am really at a loss as to why there is no power to the ignition system. I understand that I may have really done some damage engine wise, but why no power?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I have a 2000 model Sportage, and i have to say i have neglected her a bit service wise. She was running very rough which was a lot to do with some dodgy fuel I put in about 2 weeks ago in a remote area. I decided to give her a service, new oil and filter, new fuel filter, new air filter and new plugs.
All was going well until i remove the back spark plug and found that the plug was sitting in about 2 inches of oil, so of course as soon as i removed the plug, the oil drained into the combustion chamber. Not really sure what to do, I had the brilliant idea of putting the plug in, getting it all back together, and then blowing the oil out during combustion. Well, that worked... NOT. Poor thing was banging and groaning, and all of a sudden she stopped, and I now have no power at all to the ignition. No dash lights, no interior lights, nothing. I have checked the power at the battery at 12.67 volts. At the main power fuse it is 4.34 volts. I am really at a loss as to why there is no power to the ignition system. I understand that I may have really done some damage engine wise, but why no power?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.