well today ive been taking a look at this fuse holder/unit behind the battery. Ive been having a major overheating issue (ie. fan not working and no heat coming out the blowers) going on so i decided to take some time to inspect it.
Firstly what came to sight was the condition of the four large fuses..they were not blown but showed signs of heat damage as each one had melted in the corners... by the way they are the correct fuses!
I took them out to see heat damage to the fuse holder itself
and especially around where the fuses plug in. Again signs of melting with crusty looking charred plastic...not loads but enough to be concerned about.
Anyway I decided to change a few of the fuses for some spares that I have..which I did and this is the weird bit, the car wouldn't start. It turned over fine but wouldn't fire up. Going back to the fuses I noticed that the fan fuse had popped so I replaced it with the original melted fuse and the car fired up right away.
Id understand If it had been the ignition fuse or something but the fan fuse????
Does anybody have any Ideas about this one..Im thinking that the fuse unit is extremely buggered!!
Firstly what came to sight was the condition of the four large fuses..they were not blown but showed signs of heat damage as each one had melted in the corners... by the way they are the correct fuses!
I took them out to see heat damage to the fuse holder itself
and especially around where the fuses plug in. Again signs of melting with crusty looking charred plastic...not loads but enough to be concerned about.
Anyway I decided to change a few of the fuses for some spares that I have..which I did and this is the weird bit, the car wouldn't start. It turned over fine but wouldn't fire up. Going back to the fuses I noticed that the fan fuse had popped so I replaced it with the original melted fuse and the car fired up right away.
Id understand If it had been the ignition fuse or something but the fan fuse????
Does anybody have any Ideas about this one..Im thinking that the fuse unit is extremely buggered!!