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Keeps blowing fuses

c8wol

c8wol

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Please, please please help - my 996 Carrera 2 keeps blowing fuse C1 which is "Engine Electronics", has anyone got any ideas of why this keeps happening

Many thanks Colin
 
Welcome Colin!

That fuse supplies the DME (engine control unit) and DME relay. It might be worth changing the relay to see if that is causing the problem. It is relay No 1 on the relay panel behind the rear seats under the carpet. They are less than £10, so it's worth a shot. Part Number 141.951.253.B
 
thanks for the help...when i put a new fuse in it , a slight burning smell and a bit of smoke came from around the drivers front wheel, so i turned car of then restarted it and i was fine for about a week....but it just keep blowing the fuse...... i will try the relay, ..
 
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thanks for the help...when i put a new fuse in it , a slight burning smell and a bit of smoke came from around the drivers front wheel, so i turned car of then restarted it and i was fine for about a week....but it just keep blowing the fuse...... i will try the relay, ..
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That doesn't sound good. I'd investigate that area a bit further. There is a cooling fan for the radiators just in front of the wheel arch, but it has it's own fuse, and shouldn't be related to fuse C1.

I would have thought that if C1 blows then the engine wouldn't start. Are you sure it is C1? Third row down - on the extreme left of the row.
 
hi richard,, just check fuses again and it is c1, fuses c8 and c10 are ok, ....when i put a new fuse in it all seems fine untill the fuse blows again, it happened in scotland last week, changed fuse and got all the way back to manchester and a week later it blow again...starting to do my head in abit now [:(].. thanks for your help

regards colin
 
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