Driving Lights not coming ON

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Post Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:54 am

My driving lights are not coming on. This happened a few days ago, i think i "fixed" it but it happened again last night.
What I did:
1) Took out the light switch, took it apart to make sure nothing blew and cleaned up the circuit board. Put in back in and lights did not come on.
2) Checked all the fuses, non were blown, and so absent mindly unplugged and plugged in random fuses. LIGHTS WORKED

Drove to my girls place last night, lights working. Came time to leave and the bloodly lights dont want to come on again. Thank God i have fog lights, they were the only thing that saved me.
All the other lights are working fine, just the driving lights are not coming on.

SO my Q is "What the hell is going on!!!" could it be the switch, fuses(K4), the curry i ate last night...... winkeye
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:21 am

ok 2nd night of driving without lights was fun.....
so no ideas guys?
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:30 am

dry connection? disturbed wire, could be anything just trial and error
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:33 am

thanks mikey-t
its really starting to piss me off, i work all day so i have no time to fiddle with it, i will get the tourch out tonight and try to see if i can figure it out.
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:55 pm

Hi guys. just a quick update, i figured my headlight relay had gone, i got a new one from BMW for R160.00 (around 12 pounds), they didnt have one for a e30 but gave me one for a e32, does the trick, headlights are now working.
Here is a pick of the blown relay:
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:13 pm

glad you got it fixed sir!I mut have about 20 of those relays lying about-so if you need another just shout!
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:43 pm

thanks dude. but i am all the way deep down south in africa... think the postage might be a bit much. :D
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:06 pm

160 bucks for a relay, moer dis duur!! Would a normal 4/5 pin relay not have worked? As long as the diagrams are the same on the relay it should have worked. Oh well at least its done!!! Hoe gaan dit daar onder? Dit word a bietjie koud nou, somer is verby. Lekker bly
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:26 am

Howzit Koos, yeah the relay was a bit expensive ,but i am happy the lights work. :)
The weather is kak, its been raining, and thats causing some serious shit on the roads :(
PS: i think i am gonna brush up on my afrikaans, i have forgotten how to write, but i still understand it :wink:
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