fuse 10 keeps blowing

[bigdek]

get about 10 miles and it blows and stops speedo working.

any ideas what to check first ?

[smithy318i]

Instrument cluster
Check control
Backup light

[Dan318-is]

Instrument cluster
Check control
Backup light

and OBC ifyou have one i think?

[Brianmoooore]

Pull up your gear lever gaiter, and find a two pin white plug and socket sitting down by the right hand side of the lever. Unplug it, replace thr fuse and continue driving the car.
You will most likely find the fuse blowing has stopped - but you won't have any reverse lights.
If this cures the problem, then you will have to get under the car and examine cable that comes through the gear lever grommet, along the gear linkage, and to the reverse light switch half way back the gearbox. Somewhere along its length you will find the insulation damaged and shorting to earth.

[Dan318-is]

[eko]

Fook me Brian how do you know all this stuff?

Are you actually a BMW mechanic,you seem to have all the answers!

[fuzzy]

i think brian mooore is actually a computer with every bit of knowledge about e30's stored in its memory, there is nothing he/it doesnt know about e30's

[Dan318-is]

i think brian mooore is actually a computer with every bit of knowledge about e30's stored in its memory, there is nothing he/it doesnt know about e30's

the Hal of e30s?

[Brianmoooore]

Daisy, daisy , give me your answer do.....

[Dan318-is]

[bigdek]

fcuk me. !

you should be on Mastermind.

will check it tomorrow

[DanThe]

Fook me Brian how do you know all this stuff?

Are you actually a BMW mechanic,you seem to have all the answers!

Even a mechanic dont know that stuff

Maybe he actually IS an E30??

[bigdek]

just tried it but didn't work.

worse in fact as fuse must have blown straight away as speedo didn't work at all this time

[DanThe]

Maybe from the connector backwards its damaged?

[Steviec]

This might help explain it: http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/d ... Section=02