Not my car..My lil sisters, Fuses keep blowin out on the dash and rear tails so i asked a mechanic friend.. he said.. "if your fuses keep blowing out, Most likely somewhere along the lines of the electronical system there is bare wires touching the frame or rubbing against something.What you do is say its a 20 amp fuse..Put in a 50 and it wont blow.Where ever its touching will start to smoke alot and then you can fix it." Will this work or will it blow up the ecu or something?
It'll work but could cause a fire if you're not sure where it's touching....could be ANYWHERE......fuel pump included...
I would not recommend that at all. Where there's smoke, there's fire. So you could end up wrecking the whole wiring harness by melting or burning the wires that aren't affected yet. Hence the rule "Always replace a fuse with one of equal rating, or lower if the right one can't be found". Usually the best way would be to get a multi meter and try to trace the fault. For lights, the switches, bulb holders, and any connections/ junction blocks are a good place to start. Unless wires are constantly being moved or pinched (like the wires going to the door), it's less llikely that the fault will be just randomly in the middle of the wire section.
that sucks..What it i just put it in [the 50 amp fuse] for like 5 secs and pulled it real quick.I have no clue on how to trace a bad wire.
Well..I tried out the fuse deal and it work..I only had it in there for like 5 secs and the wires under the panel started smoking so i replaced them and its ll good =]
Hi slow_yota, I am having the same problem. A question... When you say the wires "under the panel", where does that mean exactly? Behind the fuse panel? Any specific detail or location would be appreciated, and help me find this wire. Thanks.
Holy thread bump!! Best bet would be to try and track down where the short in the system is. Were any light bulbs changed recently? Replace the bulbs, sometimes they short out and cause issues. You can't use the 'find the smoke and you'll find the short' scenario especially on a that circuit. You'll be better off getting a continuity tester and testing continuity at each bulb's power feed. Find one that is low or nill and you've found the faulty line.
So I found the short, it was one of the wires for the heater/ac unit. It was a wiring job that I did. Oops, ugh. Thanks for the replay 4thgen.
