Blinker craziness

dubchickshubby · Post by **dubchickshubby** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:09 am

Ok, here's a good one. My wife calls me and tells me that "thing 2" may have a blown left directional bulb since it's blinking twice as fast as normal. Then she gets out to see if it was front or back but both lights are ok. Hazards work normally as well.
Could this be water in the relay? Anyone come across this in the past?

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu May 05, 2005 8:52 am

could be, but I suspect a bad or flakey ground, had the same symptom on my cabby, and it was a bad ground on the rear directional light.

sixsracing · Post by **sixsracing** » Thu May 05, 2005 9:03 am

I second the ground issue.

I have also seen the bulbs fail internally and "cross" filaments inside.

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Thu May 05, 2005 9:21 am

I'VE seen this before. Since the relay controls both the turn indicator and the warning flasher it is not the cause.

It happened to me once, I had I would suggest reseating the connectors where the bulbs are (the front is more likley in my expierence).

Post by **Calimus** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:10 am

keep in mind that most blinker bulbs have two filiments. One for regular blinking, and one of the emergency blinker. Can't remember if our beloved A1's have that or not, but if they do, would be worth checking.

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:35 pm

A1s have two filiments in the bulb, one is for the running lights the other is shared between the indicator and hazard warning.

Most of the wiring for the turnsignals is shared with the Hazzard warning.

I've had to trouble shoot this on several cars so I have become very familiar with the schmatic.

dubchickshubby · Post by **dubchickshubby** » Sun May 08, 2005 12:13 pm

Finally back from business. Thanks for the suggestions guys. Sure enough, it was just wiggling the bulb that fixed it right up.

Now, there's a nasty whirring noise (not quite a grinding sound) going on... Time to crack the Bentley and/or search for wheel bearing/auto tranny diagnostics.

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:34 am

Check the Flux Capacitor!

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:45 am

BigDaddy90Cabby wrote:Check the Flux Capacitor!

You're nasty.