blown fuse

[scrooby]

I have a 94' 3 litre v6 caravan and i keep blowing the #16 10amp fuse intermitently on start up. I checked all connections related to the fuse and everything is fine. I also checked a few relays and they seem fine.
Can someone help please?

[waltham41]

Did you check to make sure that a 10 amp fuse is what that slot takes?

What does that slot cover on that model vehicle?

[scrooby]

Originally Posted by scrooby

I have a 94' 3 litre v6 caravan and i keep blowing the #16 10amp fuse intermitently on start up. I checked all connections related to the fuse and everything is fine. I also checked a few relays and they seem fine.
Can someone help please?

A 10amp mini blade fuse goes in that slot. This fuse handles the fuel pump relay, auto shut down relay, engine control, and a few others that I can't remember at this moment.

[vamc]

could try a 15amp fues.

[Mikelb]

^ Don't go with a larger amp fuse than manufacturer suggests... they put that there for a reason, you can be pulling too much current through the wires (even intermittently) and burn the wires up, or even catch the vehicle on fire...

[vamc]

Thats true, i should have known, sorry.

[Mikelb]

No problem, I'm just trying to save people some hassle... b/c I had a friend who did that... and he managed to screw up the whole wiring harness... and I used to work on car audio systems... and people tend to do it there... that's a pretty quick way to destroy a system if there's a small short or something...
I'ts just some food for thought..

[vamc]

:-)