HELP!! Panel shop hell - now 3mps wont start

[ribaree]

Obviously it must be something the panel shop did.
Did they run the battery flat and tried to start it with jumper leads and caused some sort of a spike ?
Did they have to arc weld something on the car ?
I once burnt 1 coil pack due to washing the engine bay with water (idiot)

[bd581]

My guess, washing the engine down while its running. IF the panel shop had anything to do with it, that's the only way I could see that happening.
Using an "easy-beat" to remove dents without disconnecting the battery, or jump starting it would most likely kill the ECU before that will happen. Unlikely though.

[andy b]

I recently had a coil pack go, but it still ran...hoping it didn't look like yours!

The genuine Mazda price was $300 each, Tridon sell a non-genuine one which is part number TIC240, or if you can wait a week you could buy genuine from USA and save a lot of money. I got them for $83USD each

[toine888]

thanks for all your suggestions, im going to speak to the panel shop again on monday and find out exactly what they did, if they washed it when it failed to start etc as they said they started it quite a few times during the week - my thought maybe they washed it the day i went to pick it up then it didnt start which leads me to think maybe water was involved..
Thanks Andy B for that info on the part.

[luke 3mps]

When cleaning the engine i put condoms around the coil packs + zip tie, i lay a towel in the of the cover as well. Than try not to get water near it.. I have never had a issue as yet ( touch wood)

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Hi Troy
The PNP harness was connected when this happened but only with the bypass wire so not connected to the Standback - i have since removed PNP and its just standard wiring into ECU
i have just been with my mechanic and discovered the issue well one of the issues why the car not starting - see pictures below - 1 blown coil pack 2 other melted coil packs - the question is, what has caused it?






the only good one compared to the bad

In that 2 pic was it shorting across to the rocker cover?

[toine888]

yeah it look like it shorted out and against the cover - hence the burn mark and possibly why it smoked the first time i tried to start it when i got to the panel shop
im wondering if they washed it while it was on..... idiots if so

[luke 3mps]

Good luck with it..

[KRNAGE]

bro!!! only got a chance to catch this thread now!!! let me know what happens!