CAN Bus & Electronics - a nightmare story for you.

[Penelope Stopit]

StoatInACoat said:

Megane. Have a blown headlight so changed bulb outside, in the dark while raining which requires the bumper to come off. No worky. No voltage either. Apparently the fuse (there are two one for each dipped bulb) is located in the fuse box in the engine bay which is simply accessed by removing a load of trim, the battery (which I hate doing as everything then needs resetting), the battery tray which is held in with some rust, unplugging a load of stuff, removing the ECU and dropping it in a puddle and forcing the fuse box out of it's little plastic hutch.

There's another fuse board in the car which takes seconds to open but trivial stuff like headlights, wipers, ABS and the radiator fan is relegated to the one in the engine bay. It's probably an hour or two to change a 10A fuse and it definitely wont fix it and it'll turn out to be a broken wire necessitating removal of the loom. Which means taking the bumper off again.

Classic post, much appreciated

[Tyre Smoke]

Penelope Stopit said:

Tyre Smoke said:

And TVR's had a reputation for leaking and dodgy electrics.

I can't think why...

This ECU was added by someone, It's not TVR work

If you see above, Canems installation is mentioned

True, but I've seen plenty of that box of tricks semi submerged.