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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 06:47 AM
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From: St. Leonard Maryland
Car: 97
Engine: 3800 v6
Transmission: AUTO
gauge fuse blowing and hard to start

Well, one day i was driving down the road and my gauges just give out.(got pulled over and got a ticket too before i noticed...funny when ur needle is stuck at 64 and ur going 77 and the cop dosnt care). Well it turns out my guage fuse was blown. I put another one in and it blew within 5 minutes. And so did the next one. Well im thinking theres a short somewhere, but where is it? Well I took my gauge cluster out and it still blew...so I know its not that. And I took the fuses out of many other components, including my radio and cd player that I had put in a month before. The little bastard was still blowing. Well like a month after that my car had trouble starting. It would always start, but on a cold start it takes 15 cranks, rest...then 15 more cranks and bam, it starts everytime. It will start just fine if i have to turn it off for a little bit. So im thinking its the fuel pump or something related to the fuel pump that isnt letting my system stay pressurized. But wait...i have a 92 camaro, when u turn the power on but not the engine..arnt u supposed to hear a humming sound?..which is supposedly the fuel pump turning on? I remember hearing that sound but i dont hear it anymore and I just noticed that. Maybe my gauge fuse and fuel pump are related. Hopefully they are and I can kill 2 birds in one stone when I get home and start hacking **** apart. Hopefully I wont break anything or take apart the wrong part. Im a computer guru and an aspiring car guru, so any help would be appreciated since i dont know too much of what im doing. Thanx
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Old May 18, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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From: gulfport, ms
Car: 1992 camaro rs
Engine: 350
Transmission: auto
hey, I had the same problem with the same fuse, I went everywhere, and finally midas gave me free schematics on the cluster wiring and grounds to check. I ended up traking the pink and black wire all the way out the engine compartment, I played with it and problem solved I guess it was twisted, check all your grounds also. zi even took off the carpet on the driverside, there's supposed to be a ground there. btw I own a 92 rs as well.
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