Short out

[IceDragon]

Hello, my car has a short somewhere and I can't seem to figure it out... it is bad enough to blow a 30amp fuse for the ignition that is coming off the battery, it blows even when i just put it on accessory on the ignition switch, so any ideas would be helpful, thanks! I checked for shorts on everything I've done... and now I am trying to check the ignition switch itself, but its hard due to not really knowing how to take it off, any help would be appreciated...

 

[steve]

If your blowing the ignition fuse as soon as you turn the key to ACC either the switch is bad or something off pin 3 (big blue wire) is shorted.
Are you blowing any other fuses? I don't show any circuits coming off the accessory circuit that aren't fused in the footwell. If the diagram is correct everything is connected to fuses 4, 5, 9 or 10.

Steve

 

[IceDragon]

Its not blowing any other fuses... I am trying to see if maybe the ECU Plus I have is connected to pin 3 at all, because if it is not, that will eliminate that as well... but I kinda think its the ignition switch...

 

[IceDragon]

yeah, i found it... apparently a wire rubbed enough behind the radio to hit metal, and it was shorting out fuses, it was the wire that goes from battery to radio, which explains it... but I got it fixed, no more blown fuses!!!

 

[steve]

Nice work tracking it down. Was it an aftermarket job?

Steve