Electical gremlins!

Post by **Hdickins** » 21 Oct 2006, 10:12

Over the past few days I've had a problem in my 1.7TD caravelle.
While I've been driving along at night, the glow-plug indicator light has flickered on, shortly followed by my headlights flickering OFF!

Obviously this is a safety issue, and I need to sort it; but of course it's intermittent. It doesn't do it all the time. So how do I find the fault?

Is it likely to be a wiring fault? Or a dodgy relay? And how do I tell which?
I'll be spending today trying to find the problem; but any clues as to where to look would be very gratefully received!

Thanks.

Post by **philippacman** » 21 Oct 2006, 20:38

sounds like a bad earth, or possibly the ignition switch??

Post by **kevtherev** » 21 Oct 2006, 21:10

Close but these are the fellers not gremlins...

Post by **jed the spread** » 22 Oct 2006, 06:49

philippacman wrote:or possibly the ignition switch??

ive just had this with my van. first of all the wipers wouldnt work or the heater then when i turned the full beam on the wipers would come on.then the lights wouldnt work.it took some head scratching to work out i tell ya.take the cover off the stearing colum and give the conectors a rub with some sand paper it sorted it out for me

jed

Post by **Hdickins** » 22 Oct 2006, 14:17

Thanks everyone. Of course, today it's all working fine! But I'll try the sandpaper trick on the contacts (when it stops raining!)