Important! : What Are These Wires For?

  1. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #1
    Right friends, call me an idiot as this has most likely been covered before but I couldn't see anything when I searched that answered my question...

    Well I was driving today and noticed a lot of smoke coming from my feet, so I stopped and let the smoke out as I was dieing. Then investigated and noticed my PAS wire had burnt through


    Strange huh?

    Anyway my question is, what is this plug for? It wasn't plugged in to anything and I can't see anything for it to plug in to...



  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #2
    Hmm, also does anyone know if that PAS wire normally gets warm or hot?

    To me it means the pump is on its way out... I hope not though... I soldered the wire together for now lol.

    It looks like someone had cut it and just wrapped them together with some Tape before... I hope they just came loose and got hot...
  3. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #3
    That red clip is the one that you disconnect and loop round when you are bypassing the connection on the ignition barrel for when the PAS, heaters etc fail. Is that brown burnt wire connected to another connection similar to the one in the other pic thats disconnected?
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by db_sax View Post
    That red clip is the one that you disconnect and loop round when you are bypassing the connection on the ignition barrel for when the PAS, heaters etc fail.
    Ohh right, so it's not meant to be connected? I see people do what you said... I just thought it had a plug on it for a reason lol.
  5. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bikekid450 View Post
    Ohh right, so it's not meant to be connected? I see people do what you said... I just thought it had a plug on it for a reason lol.
    It normally connects to the other plug. But when the ignition barrel wears and the connection dosent make contact you bypass it by disconnecting that connection and making it a constant wire without it having to go to the ignition barrel contact to make a circuit.

    no idea why the wire has burnt through though, have you checked its got the correct fuse in place?
  6. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by db_sax View Post
    It normally connects to the other plug. But when the ignition barrel wears and the connection dosent make contact you bypass it by disconnecting that connection and making it a constant wire without it having to go to the ignition barrel contact to make a circuit.

    no idea why the wire has burnt through though, have you checked its got the correct fuse in place?
    It's got a fuse, I am actually looking on AutoData now lol to see what fuse it's meant to be.

    It looks like someone has cut that wire and then wrapped it together and taped it. There was no solder on it... Just burnt Tape sooo I hope maybe it's vibrated loose and just got hot from not being connected properly?
  7. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
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    Sounds very likley abit of a bodge job! If you soldered it together properly it should be alright or use a connection block. Id check the fuse hasnt blown!
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by db_sax View Post
    Sounds very likley abit of a bodge job! If you soldered it together properly it should be alright or use a connection block. Id check the fuse hasnt blown!
    I was gona use a block but I had none left, only small ones so I soldered it and taped it up with thick Tape... Run it for about 5mins and it got slightly warm but not hot... I'm gona go and replace the Fuse now just so I know it's a new one lol.
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #9
    Right well it says it should either have a 5A or a 25A fuse in it, 5A for up to 1998 and 25A for 1998 onwards... Mines a '99 and has a 5A Fuse but it hasn't blown... I'm not sure if I should out a 25A Fuse in because, well you know what'll happen lol...