Burning Smell Under Bonnet , Ah Found It But......

[jamesey]

hi ive just started my car to bring it in the garage for a simple oil check and lifted the bonnet and i got a whif of a burning plastic smell , i lifted the small fuse box just in front of the battery and theres a series of heavy duty link fuses in there and the first one has burnt through its a metal link 150 amp fuse it had been arcing and melted the fuse box lid , ive no idea what it feeds and how its burnt out , it didnt seem loose , its burnt the holding bolt out of the bottom plastic holder,now im worried it might do it again , ive disconected it for the time being , there 2 mk 1s at our local scrap yard im hoping theres a 150 amp link in those or a passat , what shall i do??? :)

[George106]

see here

[jamesey]

hell fire its like a rash on the forum

i need to use the gal this weekend and monday , i cant get to the vw /ford dealer till 3 pm monday so im going to have to temp bodge it tommorow with somwhere thats open , could i take the burnt wire off that doesnt look too bad and connect it staight to my battery with a 150 anp fuse and holder for a temp repair until i can get new fuse and lead , also the gal has just had a new battery what amp hr should it be?? and if wrong would this cause this??

[sotal]

amp hr doesn't mater in this case - that is simply the capacity. So the greater the number the longer the battery will last on a full charge.

[David-is-on-the-road-again]

hi ive just started my car to bring it in the garage for a simple oil check and lifted the bonnet and i got a whif of a burning plastic smell , i lifted the small fuse box just in front of the battery and theres a series of heavy duty link fuses in there and the first one has burnt through its a metal link 150 amp fuse it had been arcing and melted the fuse box lid , ive no idea what it feeds and how its burnt out , it didnt seem loose , its burnt the holding bolt out of the bottom plastic holder,now im worried it might do it again , ive disconected it for the time being , there 2 mk 1s at our local scrap yard im hoping theres a 150 amp link in those or a passat , what shall i do??? :)

 

 

Hi Jamesey, please see the section about Melting feed box, a common problem, Mine did the same on me LAST WEEK!!

 

Just had a new one fitted at a cost of 40 euros,

 

Best regards,

 

David.

 

PS I have kept my heater off when I have my headlights, window wipers and radio on! The more you swith on, the hotter it gets!!

 

Good Luck.

 

DDD