Sansone

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I did a search and there was one thread on this issue but the question was not answered due to lack of info.

Ok, well I have an 03 Evo 8 which Ive been driving in the winter. When Im cleaning the snow off of my car last night I notice the drivers side tail light, marker light and plate lights are out. The bulbs are all fine, and are the right bulbs. I found the 7.5a fuse under the hood was popped, so that was replaced and popped instantly when the tails were turned on.

I noticed a month ago that the marker light would flicker (actually to the beat of the music playing lol)

So in all its shorting somewhere. But my question here is, has this happened to anyone else? Is there a location on the car where salt/water/ice corrodes an area where the wires run through? Where should I look?


Any help would be great! Thanks everyone

Sansone

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ttt, anything?

Chemwarrior

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I would suggest tracing along the route of those wires looking for frayed wiring or a disconnect. It seems that since they are all in the same general area that it should be fairly easy to find.

kilgoja

you could check this...hopefully this isn't what happened

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...blem-help.html

Sansone

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yikes, I hope not, I will check under that kick panel for sure though..

Sansone

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Pulled up the dead pedal, all the harnesses checked fine. It warmed up and I replaced the fuse, and........... now everything works again.

mayday3k

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very nice i see ur in angola, im in west seneca... where you the one whom i saw on clinton street in elma, where you where flickering your lights at me???
kevin

Sansone

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no, i dont believe so.. but yes im in your area

Sansone

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P.S- You bought that car off nyspeed right?

DocCola

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glad you got the problem sorted out. i know my MR guages in the lower panel will flicker with loud music, but nothing has gone out yet. except a fog which i just havent wanted to replace yet.

mayday3k

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yea thats me 00zx6r... im looking to fix her up better than before and fix all the tweeks and still looking for some good shops around the area as well as some awd dynos

xxxchaos

i had this same problem, i upgraded to a bigger/more powerful battery and my lights stopped flickering and no more fuses burst.

Sansone

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STM has an Awd Dyno now check them out.


-As for the lights, maybe a link between cold weather, ice, snow and salt? It literally fixed itself after a week of not driving the thing and a warm up in the weather.

Sansone

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Well its raining and.....................they are out again... Where are any other locations you guys would check?

Sansone

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Anyone? Its still warm out, its suppose to freeze up in a day or so again. So I'd like the take a crack at this problem while its still warm.

Come on guys!