Eletrical gremlins 98 240sx

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Car: 1993 240sx Coupe

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Ok, Ive been having this problem with my car for a few months. Every now and then when I drive, the ignition fuse just pops randomly. I thought it only happened when drifting, but it blew a few times just driving around. I did do a quick fix by putting a 40A fuse instead of a 30 and that worked for quite a while, but today, admist a bunch of screwy things, the fuse blew again. What the hell could be the cause? I dont think any of my accessories are drawing too much current.


NISTECH
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You have a short in your wiring somewhere. You need to trace it down.

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I have no clue where either, although one wierd thing happened a while back. I pulled my TPS plug off and tried to start the car to adjust the timing, and wham, the fuse blew immedietaly on trying to crank the car.Also, I took apart my dash, couldnt find anything.

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It could be any of the wiring or components in that circuit. Also, you're taking a chance of melting wires or burning your car to the ground when you install a larger fuse in any circuit that was designed to use a smaller one.


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