stevef182 0 Posted April 20, 2007 my car cut out on me a few weeks back and a friend of mine has been trying to solve the problem for ages and has got it started but everytime you touch the throttle it dies and a fuse blows..have bought a new fuse board at quite an expense and no help there..:( basically it was involved in a small accident and the short of it is i really need it MOTd in the next 3 days or else i have to cancel my insurance and loose my accelerater bonus on the insurance..is there anyone in surrey who would do me a massive favour and come have a look.. i will pay you any expenses incurred and more!!! i live 10 mins out of guildford!!!! thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Which fuse is it? It could be anything with out any further information. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 20, 2007 its fuse 15 that powers the idle control ecu and gives power to the ignition! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 20, 2007 anyone have any ideas??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted April 20, 2007 I know nothing, but might help if you edit your first post to put a bit more detail in the title. "Please help" tends to just get overlooked, but something like "Fuse 15 continually blowing" might help you out :) If nothing else, purely because it has 'blowing' in it :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gradeAfailure 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Worth giving Tim at The Phirm a quick call seeing as they're not a million miles away... :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 20, 2007 dinkus, cheers mate, good idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 20, 2007 gradeAfailure, also a good idea..will bell him now..thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted April 21, 2007 You may have an exposed wire and its grounding itself causing a surge and blowing the fuse. I would try and trace the wire to see if there is any exposed wire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bally 0 Posted April 21, 2007 You may have an exposed wire and its grounding itself causing a surge and blowing the fuse. I would try and trace the wire to see if there is any exposed wire. I had simlair thing.. kept blowing fuses for the sidelights & indicators, turned out to be a cut in the loom under the airbox coming from the headlights going into the car.. all working fine now (touch wood) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 21, 2007 RS VR6, yeah thats what i thought but cant see one..ther wiring is a complete mess, found 3 old alarms..yes three behind the dash!! really i need someone who knows their electrics well to look at it but that fact that i cant drive it anywhere is kinda limiting my options! i just want it back on the road so bad!! been ages! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted April 21, 2007 I would get those wires sorted out. It looks like they can be a potential future nightmare. Its possible that it may be related to the spagetti mess under your dash. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yandards 0 Posted April 21, 2007 Indeed, I would also suspect that one of the three alarms/immobiliser is grounding out where they split the wires for the immobiliser section. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Heath 0 Posted April 22, 2007 You should be able to get a mobile auto electrician to come and sort the wirin out for you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevef182 0 Posted April 23, 2007 having replaced a few of the components around the idle control relay it seems to be running fine now..just hope it stays this way! thanks for the help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
