Hello I have a 2000 celica GT auto trans with a 1zzfe, today i went out to start my car and the EFI relay was buzzing when the car was on.So I poped the hood and found a ground by the OCV for the vvt-i came off ,the ground runs from the head to the fender.So I hooked it back up the buzzing from the relay stoped and I hear the starter kicking over but its not starting on top of that the ground started to smoke....... any ideas???

 

That's quite odd... Have you done any modifications in the engine bay (ie: rewiring, etc.)?

 

nope I checked all the wires and I found 1 little plugin that wasnt hooked up but it was taped up out of the way It looks like it wasnt hooke up to anything and I couldnt find a spot to plug it in?? I'am really good with wireing I've work on cars for a long time but I'am really stumped on this 1.

 

P.S iam digging in the PDF servce manuel to find the name of the ground maybe I can google it

 

hey man call me i'm kinda the goto celica guy in tampa 813 716 9025

 

Alright I had a new motor put in this guy in june or july by a shop up the road from my house its been running fine until the day of my first post.Iam kinda sick of looking at it and I really wanna get it out of my yard any ideas what its wroth not running.It looks good a couple of dings I can get some pics up 102k on the tranny and the car the guy i got the engine from sayed 30k. Iam just really sick of looking at it and I kinda want it gone.If its not worth shit then it looks like ill just have to fix it

 

sent you a pm

 

I was just being a cry baby Iam just gonafix it this weekend suck up my pride and get it done

 

ok well if you change your mind cash is in hand

 

Find a better ground point that is why the smoke was coming from it. That or clean that area off.There was probably corrosion in the threaded hole. You might have another ground that is not bolted down because that one ground that is smoking shouldn't be the only ground point. Are any of the relays shot? Voltage going threw the circuit could have burned it out. if you have a similar one liek a defrost put it in the same spot. Check your fuses to make sure all of the power feeds are good. If you need help futher more PM me a phone # I can help you out.