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Blowing fuse....help
Monday, May 01, 2006 11:01 AM
The car is a 1991 Sunbird 2.0- OHC, and it KEEPS blowing the fuse for the gauges. Do you guys know is there something else attached to that circut that could be shorting out? A fuse there will last for a matter of half of a day, before it blows again, and all the gauges are dead....
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
-M


98 DOHC MTX Neon KOOP
a few mods..

Re: Blowing fuse....help
Monday, May 01, 2006 11:06 AM
Whoops, sorry its a 1994, not a 91.


98 DOHC MTX Neon KOOP
a few mods..
Re: Blowing fuse....help
Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:05 PM
Just a remote possibility u may need to pull ur cluster out and check ur wiring for abrasions or something in the area that is grounding out a hot wire.Also checking the main wiring harness going into the car from the firewall for a poor connection would cause such a issue.My guess is it is prolly behind the dash area where a hot or(power wire) is grounding out blowing the fuse.That is my recom based on a typical electrical issue such as this.I hope this useful and may others add to any thing I may left off or not fluently know about ur spec car at hand.



Re: Blowing fuse....help
Monday, May 29, 2006 5:45 PM
I'm with ron there. But also, have you installed a aftermarket stereo? If so that could be your problem. Check the wiring behind your radio, also check your cigarette lighter for shorts, as gm's are notorious for shorts in the lighters LOL
Hope this helped.
Good Luck!

SDD
Re: Blowing fuse....help
Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:13 PM
Make sure a penny/dime hasn't fallen into the cigarette lighter... It happened on my old TA and it took me 2 weeks of electrical troubleshooting (outside of work and school of course) to figure that one out...

1990 Pontiac Sunbird GT turbo
-TGP turbo
-DSM SMIC turned TMIC
-Injectors
Re: Blowing fuse....help
Monday, June 05, 2006 6:17 PM
see if the face of the cluster gets hot before it blows. possible speedo issues if its not that try a 5 amp larger fuse
Re: Blowing fuse....help
Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:16 PM
What is being used when the fuse blows ? Have you made any changes reciently ?
Don't just stick a larger fuse. There is a short somewhere that needs to be addressed.
I would go for the cig. lighter first since this is a very common prob.
Hope this helps.


brien
89 Z24
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