Help! 451 Blown Fuse #12, short circuit

[sato7]

trip to the dealer.................... warranty work

[Duckhunter]

Originally Posted by sato7

trip to the dealer.................... warranty work

Originally Posted by denisjolicoeur

Please help...

I have a 2008 451 with about 105,000 kms, now off of warranty..

out of warranty

[Smartfor2guy]

You can make a homemade tester by taking a turn signal flasher and make 2 wires coming off the terminals and plug it where the fuse goes. It will start clicking if it detects a short. start unplugging items on the circuit. When it stops clicking you found the problem. Worth a shot, old school style

[fastturb]

Originally Posted by Smartfor2guy

You can make a homemade tester by taking a turn signal flasher and make 2 wires coming off the terminals and plug it where the fuse goes. It will start clicking if it detects a short. start unplugging items on the circuit. When it stops clicking you found the problem. Worth a shot, old school style

or at least use a breaker until you find the problem and stop consuming fuses through your testing and elimination.

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by Smartfor2guy

You can make a homemade tester by taking a turn signal flasher and make 2 wires coming off the terminals and plug it where the fuse goes. It will start clicking if it detects a short. start unplugging items on the circuit. When it stops clicking you found the problem. Worth a shot, old school style

...freaking old guys and their tricks...

jetfuel...thanks...

[SmartDigger]

could the flasher relay be the short. try to unplug it. it is unser the fuse box.

[denisjolicoeur]

So I go to the dealer, they put a fuse in. All's fine!

They had removed the fuse box to put the fuse in so we assumed the faulty wire creating the short was right around there... But they inspected & couldn't find anything.

Needless to say I'm pissed off.. Dead short for two days then on the third day no problem. So a 52 cent fuse cost us $140 in labor!

[Kermit]

What's sad is you probably inadvertently fixed something pulling and re-inserting items. The dealer just took the credit for what you did.