my 7.5 amp meter fuse keeps blowing, b4 it blew, the oil pressure gauge pinned, and so did the temp gauge (always had problems with temp gauge)

ill post some pics of wiring and such under the hood for extra help...but does anybody know what would cause the meter fuse to keep blowing? it blew three 10 amp fuses already too...but i didnt wanna go any higher...

-brenden

 

it's probably because you have a short somewhere. Ignoring your problem by getting higher fuses is a very poor decision.

 

A short in the oil-psi and/or temp signal wires will cause them to peg and probably blow the fuse.

First check the wires going to the senders. The oil-PSI sender is near the bottom of the oil filter and the temp sender is near the upper rear spark plug.

If everything looks cool, pull the gauge cluster and check the resistance of the signal wires. Instructions can be found in the FSM pages 15-30 and 15-32:
http://eyeoutthere.nonsensicality.co...stem_part1.pdf

 

im not ignoring it...i was diagnosing it...and since i didnt have any 7.5 amp fuses...i opted for what i had...10 amp fuses...if i decided to ignore it...i wouldnt have come onto the forum and asked for advice...

ok...so looking for some USEFUL information (obviously there is a short...that is why fuses blow) does anybody know a common spot for there to be a short? also...can anybody help me get these wires in the correct spot?

pics coming soon...

 

i have no clue where this wire goes...when i ground it...the temp gauge pegs...any thoughts?


theres two little round connectors down there...i think they may be attached down on the radiator?


this pic just shows that i have the oil pressure wire hookd up (cant mistake that one) and what i think is the water temp sensor hookd up...


if you see anything else that is causing the engine to run poorly...let me know

 

that wire you have circled, is yellow with a red stripe or somthing like that right??, it conects to what you have circled on the left in the last pic. the gauge water temp sensor.

 

^if thats tru...then where does the one thats currently plugged in go?

the wire that i have plugged in right now comes from a mess of wires towards the bottom rear of the engine bay...

 

do you take your 7 mudding or something jesus christ your engine bay is DIRTY!!!! mayb if you cleaned stuff up youll be able to look around and stick your hands in there.....
TwEaK

 

ROFL and i just noticed you might need to put some nuts and bolts back on that power steering pulley

 

yeah its been sitting outside for awhile, been a very long headache of a project, and yes i know the bolts are missing, way to point it out.

i actually have the large nut and one more of the bolts. Basically i ran out of money and the project has sat for awhile, my little brother has been trying to get it going for me, so back off, if your gonna be a dick say it to me....

 

^thx bro...u got any ideas of what goes where? also tweak...i know that things are a little bit untidy right now...but thats what im trying to clean up...thx for pointing those things out tho...

anybody got any ideas on this stuff???

and ry...ill be flushing the cooling system and clearing it out...i think its clogged...