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MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:15 PM
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?
ILuvPizzaTimes10
03-09-2010, 11:18 PM
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.
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:19 PM
So its almost DEF not the EWP and just the fuse holder?
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:19 PM
you may have REALLY just made my day...
ILuvPizzaTimes10
03-09-2010, 11:21 PM
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.
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:23 PM
woooo i feel MUCH better right about now! lol
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:23 PM
you mean a fuse holder like this, correct? http://www.amazon.com/Pico-Weather-Resistant-Automotive-Electrical/dp/B00030CPS2
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:24 PM
the PO used one of these, so you are prob right - http://www.amazon.com/Bussmann-BP-HHD-Fuse-Holder/dp/B000BXKZMO/ref=pd_sbs_auto_2
ILuvPizzaTimes10
03-09-2010, 11:25 PM
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.
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:31 PM
i dont have advance...auto zone???
ILuvPizzaTimes10
03-09-2010, 11:36 PM
yeah AZ has the same stuff. go there and make sure its a weather tite fuse holder good for 30 amps and you should be in good shape.
MikeNice
03-09-2010, 11:56 PM
great, awesome, i really really appreciate the input with all this, thanks!
irockidz28
03-09-2010, 11:56 PM
i had the same fuse melting problem was just a bad connection in the fuse holder..got a new fuse holder have not had a problem since