tonyalbers Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Yesterday I fixed the ventilation fan on my '97 300 Tdi STW, the plug in the engine room was corroded. No problem there. Then today, I went to the hospital, and on the way, suddenly my rear window heater lamp lit up, the wipers started going and the radio died. I killed the fan, the headlights, and the radio started working again. Then I tried turning on the lights and fan again -no problem. A few minutes later, the same thing happened, but now the turn indicator and the blue headlight indicator lit up a bit too. This time shutting off the fan and headlights didn't help, I had to turn off everything and wait a few minutes before I was able to drive on (headlights are mandatory all day here in DK). So, I'm guessing the switch for the ignition in the steering column is bad, any other suggestions? /tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 First stop with electrical faults like that is earthing points - if one connector was corroded, there's a chance others are too and there's a good chance an earth wire or two are past their best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyalbers Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 First stop with electrical faults like that is earthing points - if one connector was corroded, there's a chance others are too and there's a good chance an earth wire or two are past their best. Thanks Freezer, Any special places I should look? The connector wasn't corroded, it was burnt. The car is pretty much rust-free, since it's been used in Kosovo. /tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRX Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Check all earth points as FF said, a friends 90 did similar when he turned the dash lights on, turned out to be a duff earth in the enginebay on the bulkhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 The connector wasn't corroded, it was burnt. Could be something is earthing back through the wires in that connector because of a faulty earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyalbers Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Could be something is earthing back through the wires in that connector because of a faulty earth. Kewl, thanks for the advice. I'll post my results here. /tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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