dan_almond
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire
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Heres the story.
I plugged a 12v compressor (used to inflate a blow up matress) into my cigarett lighter. This didnt work and i think it has a fused a couple of things.
I then drove off and my speedo wasnt going up, so i had no idea of the speed i was doing. Also my mileage wasnt going up?
Then my power steering went totally. Ive no idea how, but it all happened all together. If i stopped the car then started it again, the powersteering would work for about 5 minutes and then stop again.
Also on the way home my EML came on twice for about 10 secons each.
Any ideas whats happened and what i can do to sort it out. Ill pop it on the tech 2 machine at vauxhall on Saturday
Help?
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Dave A
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pull each fuse out of the holder 1 by 1 and replace the blown ones
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dan_almond
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A friend had a similar problem, and think its the alternator.
Its just that the powersteering will last for about 5 minutes before it doesnt work.
Are there just a few different colour fuses, if i buy a set from halfords?
Also, what would cause the engine management light to come a few times?
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Robin
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It's definitely fuses, not alternator.
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abdus
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quote: Originally posted by Robin
It's definitely fuses, not alternator.
a 20A fuse...
iirc, rear windscreen heater won't work, reverse lights too
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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fuse 18 i think it is will have poped
eps wont work cos of speedo and its on same fuse as cig lighter and i think reverse lights
[Edited on 06-04-2007 by J100RSA]
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dan_almond
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Cheers people. It was a simple fuse. Number 19 i think it was.
Thanks!!
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