Installed CTSC yesterday, drove around for about 4 hours- no issues. Check engine light comes on, ok... Don't have any tools, check under the hood for anything obviously amiss, looks good- decide to limp it home.

En route, EPS light comes on and power steering starts working intermittently.. Think maybe ignition cycle will bring it back, turn car off, try to crank, no juice. Roll start the car, car starts, turn on headlights, all interior lights dim.

Park car... Pop hood, see that the two wires (red / black) that go to the vacuum switch that's mounted on the vacuum resevoir thing (with CTSC) rubbed up against pulley and are shorting each other... Ok... Isolate with tape, hook up jumper cables- car fires right up. Unplug cables, car dying again...

So I've got a charging problem OR a completely dead battery (but I think charging problem would supercede) OR that short melted something else....

Plan right now is to permanently fix those two wires in daylight, borrow code scanner from Autozone and see whats up.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

 

Fixed the wires, checked all fuses, 15a fuse on ACG popped.

Car runs awesome again.