why does this fuse keep blowing?

[Ed Kellock]

Check the wiring from the body to the trunk lid.  It's just like in
the door jamb... all that flexing and the wires fatigue and break.  A
friend with a '90 90q 20v had the same issues with IC illumination and
we traced it to the wiring at the trunk lid.


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:37:34 -0800 (PST), Tessie McMillan
<tessmc at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Hi folks, does anyone possibly have an idea about this oddball problem?
> The instrument cluster in my '88 80Q no longer lights when I engage my
> headlights.
> 
> It used to be that whenever I encountered this problem, I would find a
> blown 10 amp fuse in about the middle of my fuse box and replacing the
> fuse would fix everything. Now, however, I can replace the fuse, but as
> soon as I start the car, the fuse is blown again. I've gone through many
> fuses trying this out -- with various/all accessories turned on and off.
> 
> What could be the culprit? The only other 'odd' electrical issues I have
> are that my heater fan is only working on the top heater fan settings, and
> my fuel pump (I think I've replaced it once before) just recently started
> humming. Could either of these cause some kind of overload that is
> affecting the cluster?
> 
> Any other way to troubleshoot this?
> 
> Tess
> in Bellevue, WA USA
> 
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