sierrafery
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Download electrical library from the dropbox link at page 17 above and see "Connector views", you cand turn 90 degrees the fusebox if you undo the bolt and reach the plug, a bit fiddly but not a killer
Got it & all technicolour pictures as well .Should I disconnect the battery before I start ? Thanks again.Download electrical library from the dropbox link at page 17 above and see "Connector views", you can turn 90 degrees the fusebox if you undo the bolt and reach the plug, a bit fiddly but not a killer
Great I'll get cracking .Yes. it's a good move to disconnect the battery's negative lead each time you unplug any connector on that fusebox or ECUs cos it's a complex thing which has digital communication with the BCU not just a simple fuse pack
I know you have requested sierrafery to confirm and he has vastly more experience so I don't want to interfere and confuse matters, but I believe there could be an error in the electrical library, I think the photos showing CO582 and CO583 have the arrows pointing at the wrong connectors, CO582 and CO583 are possibly reversed!I pulled pin 4 out of C0582 Green with purple trace but it still blew the fuse so it looks like it's a new fuse box.
Well that's really interesting!!!! A photo of the connector side of my IDM when I removed it to repair water damage is the one I didn't take! I'm worried about giving you cr@p info...Looking at the back of the fuse box the connector no's are embossed in the plastic & are as the manual lists them it was just the NP (brown/purple) is in C0583 & not C0582 if that's the colour I have to remove.
Hi, according to pg 103 of the electrical circuit diagrams C0583-4 is for the audio system & should have a PG (purple/green) wire but mine has a brown/purple (PN)Won't be the first time when the diagram is not 100% accurate but the wire colour should be most relevant
From Ferry's comment above that it wouldn't be the first time there is an error on the diagram, and go by the colour, I would say remove the purple/brown one, not the purple green, it is possible 582 and 583 are mis-labeled. To me, the connector you have in your hand in the second photo is the one in the ECD as 582, so un-pin the purple/brown, replace the purple/green and see if the fuse blows.Hi, according to pg 103 of the electrical circuit diagrams C0583-4 is for the audio system & should have a PG (purple/green) wire but mine has a brown/purple (PN)
Then according to pg 73 of the ECD's C0582-4 is for the HRW, as you correctly stated, & should be brown/purple (PN) but on mine it's purple/green (PG)
So it seems there's an error somewhere.
Can you just confirm I did the right thing by removing pin 4 from C0582 despite my wire being PG instead of PN & as it still blew F8 I need a replace the passenger fuse box? Many thanks again to you & PopPops for your help.
Your not wrong on the complicated/confusion front. As the HRW circuit draws more current than the audio side of things, it would make sense removing pin 4 (with brown/purple wire) from C0583 as it's a bigger connector with thicker wires, well that's my fuzzy logic anyway. I'll give it a bash Sunday.From Ferry's comment above that it wouldn't be the first time there is an error on the diagram, and go by the colour, I would say remove the purple/brown one, not the purple green, it is possible 582 and 583 are mis-labeled. To me, the connector you have in your hand in the second photo is the one in the ECD as 582, so un-pin the purple/brown, replace the purple/green and see if the fuse blows.
This is getting complicated isn't it!
Good luck.
Yes, the thicker wire, brown/purple, would be more likely to be the heavier current HRW one.Your not wrong on the complicated/confusion front. As the HRW circuit draws more current than the audio side of things, it would make sense removing pin 4 (with brown/purple wire) from C0583 as it's a bigger connector with thicker wires, well that's my fuzzy logic anyway. I'll give it a bash Sunday.
At £261 for a new FB. Painful though it is, it is very easy to replace & will be a lot less hassle than tracking down a short somewhere, roll on Sunday.
That's great thanks, if it isn't the fuse box at least I can unplug the other connectors which carry the NP wire. That then gives me four separate sections of loom to narrow down where there's a short, who said electrics were difficult.
I'll make sure I look at that connector whilst I'm under the dash this morning.If the fusebox was ruled out go next to C0480 cos it used to suffer from water ingress there.