Battery spark, engine wont turn

[elCommando]

Hello everybody,

The Battery on my 2.0 D4d corolla had died and so I got another smaller Battery to start the car. anyways, when I connected the smaller Battery there was a spark and now the car doesnt even come on, all that happens is all the headlights come on?

 

Does anyone know what happened?

[oldcodger]

Had you connected the new Battery the wrong way round when you got the spark; a big one of a little one ?

Assume you mean the dashboard lights do not come on when you turn the ignition key ?

Have you checked all the fuses  ?  - one box  near the Battery, one box behind the glove box .

[elCommando]

4 hours ago, oldcodger said:

Had you connected the new battery the wrong way round when you got the spark; a big one of a little one ?

Assume you mean the dashboard lights do not come on when you turn the ignition key ?

Have you checked all the fuses  ?  - one box  near the battery, one box behind the glove box .

I will give the fuses a check, but how can I tell if it's blown or not ?

 

And on the dashboard the full beams icon comes on for some reason, and it won't turn off , apart from that , nothing else ,, and the key just doesn't turn.

 

The Battery was connected the correct way, but it I hadn't tightened it and so the cable went lose as the engine was running ,, and I had the bonnet up and as soon as soon as the cable went lose it hit something metal and a spark came up and the engine went dead ... 

 

I fear the worst, I really do 

[oldcodger]

2 hours ago, elCommando said:

I will give the fuses a check, but how can I tell if it's blown or not ?

This link will give you some idea of how to check the cars fuses.

They are designed to safeguard the electronics, so hopefully thats all that wrong.

Often a visual check will clearly show when a fuse is blows, but sometimes its not always obvious, and so using a test meter is required.

Sometimes you can find real cheap ones, but this seems a good local buy at a Tenner that you can buy/get in the morning

http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-mas830b-digital-multimeter-600v/75337

http://www.wikihow.com/Check-Fuses

If thats not your thing, then perhaps you know someone into electrics etc who can help out,  or you might have to pay an auto electrician to come round.