I haven't done anything to the car lately but I think you're right that the likely culprit is a wire touching or rubbing something it shouldn't be. I looked up under the dash and in the engine bay and nothing stood out, maybe need to trace the wire to the boost gauge that powers its illumination. Thanks for the suggestion. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:52 AM Subject: Re: '94 won't stop eating fuses [npc] (2)
...also possibility that insulation has broken and two wires are now touching. Would be smart to trace the wiring where any work was done recently, or where switches may be loose or subject to vibration. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:33 am Subject: Re: '94 won't stop eating fuses [npc] Typo correction: My guess is that you probably have a short somewhere, possibly from wire insulation having BEEN pulled or rubbed away, or a wire break, and now some wire is touching metal, causing an amperage increase beyond the fuse capacity. First, DON'T substitute a higher amp fuse. Have you done any work on the gauges, gauge panel, or added any new gauges? Did you install a new stereo or security system or a new ignition switch? If so, it would be worthwhile to go back over the wiring involved and look for a break, Jerry aka LGO -----Original Message----- From: Will Erickson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 10:31 pm Subject: '94 won't stop eating fuses [npc] Hello all, a few days ago the gauges in my 94 went dead, all but the speedometer. Turn signals and cruise control became inoperable too. Looked under the dash for a loose connector, not finding anything out of order. Check the fuse box in the footwell and the "meter" fuse is blown. Replace the fuse, start it up again and all seems fine, but just before pulling out of the garage the gauges go dead again, same fuse is blown. Car still runs great, just seems to have an unhealthy appetite for fuses. Any ideas? Car is a '94 with 90k miles or so, FM2 turbo with Link ecu, though I don't believe the issue is related to any of the mods, its been running great with no issues for the 5 years I've had her. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Will _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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