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scrooby
12-16-2005, 01:27 PM
I have a 94' 3 litre v6 caravan and i keep blowing the #16 10amp fuse intermitently on start up. I checked all connections related to the fuse and everything is fine. I also checked a few relays and they seem fine.
Can someone help please?

waltham41
12-16-2005, 08:19 PM
Did you check to make sure that a 10 amp fuse is what that slot takes?

What does that slot cover on that model vehicle?

scrooby
12-17-2005, 09:19 AM
I have a 94' 3 litre v6 caravan and i keep blowing the #16 10amp fuse intermitently on start up. I checked all connections related to the fuse and everything is fine. I also checked a few relays and they seem fine.
Can someone help please?


A 10amp mini blade fuse goes in that slot. This fuse handles the fuel pump relay, auto shut down relay, engine control, and a few others that I can't remember at this moment.

vamc
12-17-2005, 06:57 PM
could try a 15amp fues.

Mikelb
12-19-2005, 11:07 AM
^ Don't go with a larger amp fuse than manufacturer suggests... they put that there for a reason, you can be pulling too much current through the wires (even intermittently) and burn the wires up, or even catch the vehicle on fire...

vamc
12-19-2005, 05:17 PM
Thats true, i should have known, sorry.

Mikelb
12-20-2005, 07:12 AM
No problem, I'm just trying to save people some hassle... b/c I had a friend who did that... and he managed to screw up the whole wiring harness... and I used to work on car audio systems... and people tend to do it there... that's a pretty quick way to destroy a system if there's a small short or something...
I'ts just some food for thought..

vamc
12-20-2005, 04:53 PM
:-)

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