Puchacz
Active Member
Right, here's the situation -
1993 200 Tdi 110.
Bought it a few months ago, the right side headlight main bulb has been intermittent for a while, lately it was pretty much totally knackered - it would come on at the dim setting, but would remain at that even when you turned on dipped beam or headlights.
Took it to bits yesterday, found the connections on the back of the bulb corroded badly and the connector housing melted, obviously through heat build up because of the resistance. Cleaned up the connectors with a knife and sandpaper and it worked perfectly, for about 2 minutes, at which point the dipped beam portion of the bulb blew
No worries thought myself, **** happens, I'll get a new bulb and connector tomorrow and all will be well
Anyhoo, the upshot is that the right hand side bulb works fine on full beam, but doesn't illuminate at all on dim or dipped beam.
I have checked - fuses, connectors at the bulb, wiring (blue wire with red trace) as far back as it goes into the harness, ground wire to bodywork, bulb in case I'd been unlucky enough to get a duff bulb.
Is there anything else obvious anyone could suggest? The left hand lights work prefectly.
Cheers
Puch
1993 200 Tdi 110.
Bought it a few months ago, the right side headlight main bulb has been intermittent for a while, lately it was pretty much totally knackered - it would come on at the dim setting, but would remain at that even when you turned on dipped beam or headlights.
Took it to bits yesterday, found the connections on the back of the bulb corroded badly and the connector housing melted, obviously through heat build up because of the resistance. Cleaned up the connectors with a knife and sandpaper and it worked perfectly, for about 2 minutes, at which point the dipped beam portion of the bulb blew
No worries thought myself, **** happens, I'll get a new bulb and connector tomorrow and all will be well
Anyhoo, the upshot is that the right hand side bulb works fine on full beam, but doesn't illuminate at all on dim or dipped beam.
I have checked - fuses, connectors at the bulb, wiring (blue wire with red trace) as far back as it goes into the harness, ground wire to bodywork, bulb in case I'd been unlucky enough to get a duff bulb.
Is there anything else obvious anyone could suggest? The left hand lights work prefectly.
Cheers
Puch
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