If the hood is open while you are turning the key, you can often see a puff of smoke, or a spark at the battery terminal when everything shuts down. That is one of the reasons a battery can blow. As we all have been told, there are often combustible gases present around the surface of the battery. Paul W. In an email dated 10/5/2005 6:31:14 am GMT Daylight time, Brad Hogg <LuxoLiner@xxxxxxx> writes: >This is a classic symptom of a poor battery post connection. ?Just be sure your battery post connections are clean and tight and try again. ?I'll all but guarantee you'll have success. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: David Whitney <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Monday, May 9, 2005 8:10 pm >Subject: IML: '91 loses all power when I turn the key > >> Hi -- >> >> After replacing the starter, I turned the key to "ON" and heard the >> beautiful sound of the fuel system pressurizing. ?Then turned to >> "START"and lost all power. ?Had to disconnect battery cables to >> reboot the car. >> Is this a short? ?All I did was replace the starter! >> >> Thanks, >> >> David > > > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm