plug lighter in, fuse blows...
03-31-2001, 01:29 AM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: victoria, bc, canada
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
plug lighter in, fuse blows...
what could be wrong when you plug in your lighter thing and the fuse blows? anyone with the same problem on his/her irocz camaro?
03-31-2001, 09:15 PM
#3
Senior Member
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Western NY
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car: 84 T/A
Engine: 305HOL69
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
sounds like your lighter's coil element is shorting out. Does it look corroded or distorted? Go get a new one and see if that fixes it. Otherwise the retention clip in the socket is bent up and shorting when the lighter gets pushed onto it.
------------------
DR Stevens
1984 Trans Am 305HO L69
sucks gas, hauls ***
1991 Firebird 305 LO3
for days when I need a/c
------------------
DR Stevens
1984 Trans Am 305HO L69
sucks gas, hauls ***
1991 Firebird 305 LO3
for days when I need a/c
03-31-2001, 09:26 PM
#4
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: phoenix
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car: '86 Camaro
Engine: 2.8 MPFI
Transmission: T-5
Maybe the lighter its self is FUBAR'd causing the circut to close without the resistance of the heat coil. Try and use something else like a radar detector or phone charger with a good fuse in and see if it works. Worst you could do is pop an other fuse
04-01-2001, 08:15 PM
#6
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Belleville MI
Posts: 79
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
3 Posts
Car: Formula
Engine: Pontiac 400
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 4.10
I hade the same problem when i first got my car, look inside the part mounted to the dash and see if the prongs are pushed realy close to the edges. Of they are, your lighter is grounding out the terminal ment to go to the inside edge of the element. I tried to bend mine back and broke it. But the replacement piece that goes inside isn't very much at discount or autozone etc. Hope this helps. Laters
------------------
89 RS Conv 305 700R4
85HO heads
Edelbrock intake
Holley 600
Hedman Hedders and Y pipe
Flowmaster
B&M MegaShifter
------------------
89 RS Conv 305 700R4
85HO heads
Edelbrock intake
Holley 600
Hedman Hedders and Y pipe
Flowmaster
B&M MegaShifter
04-02-2001, 04:08 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: cinti
Posts: 879
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
mine does the same thing too..It's annoying, but i just avoid using the lighter socket.
------------------
91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows
------------------
91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows
Trending Topics
04-03-2001, 11:43 PM
#8
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Sarasota, FL, USA
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I had the same problem with my 89 RS Convt
every time I put the phone charger in out went the fuse. For $10.00 I bought a replacement from a parts store. No problem anymore. Wish everything I have had to fix costs so little...
For instance, the alternater, the starter, the timing chain, exhaust system...still trying to find out what the timing should be set at. Hood says 0 degree the chilton 8 degree..
every time I put the phone charger in out went the fuse. For $10.00 I bought a replacement from a parts store. No problem anymore. Wish everything I have had to fix costs so little...
For instance, the alternater, the starter, the timing chain, exhaust system...still trying to find out what the timing should be set at. Hood says 0 degree the chilton 8 degree..
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
89 formula TPI
Tech / General Engine
10
09-07-2015 11:06 AM