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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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i used engine degreaser and used a hose to degrease my engine yesterday. after doing that, everything was fine. then at night, when i turn on my headlights, the left blinker wont work.. heres the details.

the right side is alright

with headlight on: left headlight is very dim, left clear corner bulb wont signal, but the left tailight blinker works. as a conclusion, wehn i signal left, the blinker blinks very fast.

with high beams on: right headlight goes to high beam, and left headlight is still dim, no change at all.

with headlight not on: everything is normal

with indicator lights on: everything works fine.

so did i fucked up a wire or something during the wash? or can i run a wire from the headlight fuse to the left headlight? thanks
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Default Re: engine wash headache... (civiccoupe94)

sounds like u got water in a connector and it is causing it to ground somewhere else, also dirt does the same thing;. try unpluging the connectors and blowing them out or spray a brake clean in them. thats what i did to fix my dads truck taillights
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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I wouldent use brake cleaner, get contact cleaner its made jus for cleaning out connecters. But it sounds like you have water or something in a connection near the lights causing your headache.
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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leave hood open under the sun, unplug some connectors that's causing problem. let mother nature take care of the rest.
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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try to find some electronic cleaner spray and spray all the plugs and let them dry
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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yea i'll give it a look tmorrow.. probally take off all the plugs and blow them + wipe them with a napkin or something. oh yea the left healdight is as bright as the clear corner light.. its just barely on
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Old Jun 7, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Sounds to me like the ground wire is loose...

Check all grounds first and then go to your fuses...

Also spray your contacts with WD-40 or something similar...

And like someone said, open your hood on sunny day and let it stay thatway for 1-2 hours and let the nature do the job...
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Old Jun 7, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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would driving the car for a week help? since under the hood timperature is like 180 degrees when its warmed up... thats more than the sun shinning at it?
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Old Jun 7, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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do not use brake cleaner, it will cause more problems then solve, just unplug the connectors and let them dry as long as you can, yes driving a car has higher temps than the sunlight but do you want an electrical current going through something that isn't working right? just leave the car off for a while and let it dry itself off
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