Rprice737

I popped the hood today just to do a visual inspection. I came across a wire that was not attached to anything but appeared that it should be. I found a bolt and a bolt hole nearby that it appeared to belong. First off, I am wondering what this is for> and secondly, would there be any reason that the previous owner disconnected this?

Thanks for the help!

k20trick

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Thats for your ground. That's supposed to be bolted down to metal.

I would check other things like engine oil, leaky coolant (water pump area or resevoir, check levels), check brake fluids, air filter etc....

That wire looks normal.

Rprice737

I figured as much. Im not sure how the bolt backed itself out. I went ahead and reconnected it with another bolt that fit. I just wanted to check with someone else to see if there would be any reason for someone to have disconnected it.

Thanks for the reply.

lobuxracer

iTrader: (2)

It backed out because someone replaced the OEM part with a piece of junk. There are no flathead fasteners on any Japanese car. Ever. This should be a 6x1 10mm head bolt. See attached picture.

isfdude

iTrader: (11)

Maybe the dealer didn't connect it back when a recall was done on it. Happens all the time.

Rprice737

I used the piece of junk flathead because it's all I had at the time that fit. I have since replaced it with the proper bolt.

I wasn't having any problems of any sort. I just wondered why or if there might be a reason that it was intentionally left disconnected by the previous owner. I couldn't think of any reason myself. Thanks for the input.

k20trick

iTrader: (3)

That bolt should be cheap from the dealer on a side note on my previous car while installing a cold air intake that required relocating the battery, I had problems upon starting the car and it wouldnt fire up, I backlogged for hours thinking what I did wrong and it was switching the ground bolt with another bolt during the start-up, this install really woke me up on issues that can arise due to using a wrong ground bolt or anything related to grounding at all..just fyi...you do learn a lot from your mistakes...

lobuxracer

iTrader: (2)

It was disconnected and you were not seeing any issues? Wow. That's a BIG ground connection. I am really surprised you had no issues with it being disconnected.

If it had the fuel pressure sensor recall done, this would likely have been disconnected.