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03-10-2010, 12:15 AM
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Fuse for EWP melting???
Hey guys, so heres the story...I was driving the down the road and BOOM i see "check gauges" and low and behold, Im overheating. I pull over and shut off the car. i have no coolant leaking, no coolant smell, but a faint electrical smell. I turn the key to check the EWP and of course, nothing. after a bit, it decides to work again...but to be safe, I get a tow home. so I just go out and check it, and it is running this time, and as its running I smell something cooking...I look and the fuse for the EWP is melting the socket. what could be causing this? excessive current draw from a bad EWP?
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03-10-2010, 12:18 AM
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a bad connection with an under hood fuse holder is what id guess. if it was high current at the fuse the fuse would blow for sure. i say its a bad connection at the fuse holder. buy a new one and pop it in and make sure you get a capped sealed one.
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03-10-2010, 12:21 AM
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if the WP is spinning under its own power power and the smell is coming Souly from the fuse holder. id say yes just the fuse holder has gotten corroded.
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1998 Firebird:buncha parts thats used to make it go fast..... not so much anymore. BAAAAAA!!!!!!
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#7
03-10-2010, 12:23 AM
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you mean a fuse holder like this, correct? http://www.amazon.com/Pico-Weather-R.../dp/B00030CPS2
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#8
03-10-2010, 12:24 AM
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the PO used one of these, so you are prob right - http://www.amazon.com/Bussmann-BP-HH...=pd_sbs_auto_2
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03-10-2010, 12:25 AM
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yeah thats what i have controlling my Ignition box. i could soak it with a power washer and the thing wont leak! But advance sells them too no need to order one.
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1998 Firebird:buncha parts thats used to make it go fast..... not so much anymore. BAAAAAA!!!!!!
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