Easy One: Fried Headlamp Relay Connection
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:45 pm
Hi everyone, bit of a newbie auto-electrician question:
After a couple of hours with the multimeter trying to find why my S3’s headlights wouldn’t come on, I finally adopted the Lotus position, got my head into the drivers footwell and saw this.
Obviously I need a fresh female connector but would you just change the relay too as a matter of course? Maybe take the opportunity to upgrade to a fused relay?
(The relay merrily clicks away when I flick the headlights on / off).
Or do I need to keep going to find the root cause?
Thanks in advance all
Steve 1967 S3 SE
After a couple of hours with the multimeter trying to find why my S3’s headlights wouldn’t come on, I finally adopted the Lotus position, got my head into the drivers footwell and saw this.
Obviously I need a fresh female connector but would you just change the relay too as a matter of course? Maybe take the opportunity to upgrade to a fused relay?
(The relay merrily clicks away when I flick the headlights on / off).
Or do I need to keep going to find the root cause?
Thanks in advance all
Steve 1967 S3 SE