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Yo,

Everytime I use an indicator or hazards, I blow the fuse for them. Obviously something is shorting out but I suck at wiring and electrical stuff (as well as everything else) so I don't really know where to start... is there a common place where sh*t goes wrong here or?

Now everytime I turn an indicator/hazards on, fuse blows straight away. Previously, the indicators just ticked very fast.

Where should I be looking exactly?

Cheers

Blown / earthed out bulb I'd say if they flashed real fast before....

Then have a look up under the drivers footwell from where you ripped out the immobiliser. It will have connected to the flasher relay.

Bennoz wrote:Blown / earthed out bulb I'd say if they flashed real fast before....

Then have a look up under the drivers footwell from where you ripped out the immobiliser. It will have connected to the flasher relay.

Odd though, all the bulbs worked before. Both front indicators, both side, both rear. Probably a stupid question but what do you mean by earthed out bulb? Not grounded properly? (wiring n00b)

Cheers, will check relay as well

Edit: Would that be AIT indicator fuse?

Supplanter wrote:

Edit again: Waaaaait a second, you reckon I need to find which wires from the immobilizer were bridged into the indicator wiring yes?

Fixes fuel pump.

Fucks indicators.

Just pop the foil off a ciggie packet and wedge it in the fuse location.

silverGPX wrote:Just pop the foil off a ciggie packet and wedge it in the fuse location.

No 1 suspect. The wiring you put back together.

1. Check your wiring

2. Take the bulb out and see if the fuse still blows.

silverGPX wrote:Just pop the foil off a ciggie packet and wedge it in the fuse location.

Copper nail mate

Nah, f**k it, learnt my lesson from last time. I'm just gonna take it to blue slipper, let 'em know to fix it before doing blue slip.

Been f**king around with it too long, just need it rego'd at this stage.

Daniel2019 wrote:Nah, f**k it, learnt my lesson from last time. I'm just gonna take it to blue slipper, let 'em know to fix it before doing blue slip.

Been f**king around with it too long, just need it rego'd at this stage.

Days till visit to auto sparky = 1

Days till visit to auto sparky = 1

Bahahahahahahaha

Bennoz wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Nah, f**k it, learnt my lesson from last time. I'm just gonna take it to blue slipper, let 'em know to fix it before doing blue slip.

Been f**king around with it too long, just need it rego'd at this stage.

Days till visit to auto sparky = 1

It's gonna get there...

My blue slip guy is closed presumably til Monday

When that happened to me last week, it was because I crushed one of the wires to the rear lights when putting them back in... *facepalm*

Which explains why they were flashing fast.

Pull em all out.. Plug em in one by one. Find which one is either blowing the fuse or making them flash fast and trace the wiring.

Could be piched at the light or under interior trim/dash.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmk, good thinking. I will have a look tomorrow. If its not a super simple fix then i'm not even going to bother, though.

Gotta be a pinched wire..

Put a higher gauge fuse in and follow the fire...

Sahin wrote:Put a higher gauge fuse in and follow the fire...

That's the Bennoz way isn't it?

Brb going to Repco for some bigger fuses.

Dont put bigger fuses in. That will just be more likely to damage components/burn out the wire. The fuses are that size for a reason. Do what rockit said.

Question, does the fuse blow when you put the indicators on in both directions or only Left or right?

As an aside, you can definitely pinch taillight wires. Done that before.

Don't know dwayne... I think I get no indicators at all and fuse blows on hazards? Haven't tested it too much, don't have many spare fuses at the moment. Ill just check for a pinched wire and if it isn't that then ill just get my blue slip dude to fix.