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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Figureman52 on 30 August 2016, 13:42:40

Title: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: Figureman52 on 30 August 2016, 13:42:40
N/S indicator working fine until I put my foot on the brake. then the indicator slows down and I get a brake light warning on the display.

Is this likely to be a wiring fault, or could it be a fault in the tail light unit itself?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: McBandy on 30 August 2016, 17:01:33
I think the term is interference which is probably caused by a bad earth, hopefully easy enough to sort
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: Lazydocker on 30 August 2016, 22:34:30
Earth fault :y
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: aaronjb on 31 August 2016, 08:20:36
Earth fault :y

Like the Transit I saw yesterday - every time he indicated both reversing lamps flashed in time  ;D
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 31 August 2016, 09:22:09
In a dusty corner of my mind I have a feeling that Pissy did a similar thing once, before I'd become registered keeper, and I was giving her the once over -  and it was down to having a facelift bulb (with differently placed pins on the bulb) jammed in. Could the wrong bulb cause such as issue?
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 31 August 2016, 09:53:02
In a dusty corner of my mind I have a feeling that Pissy did a similar thing once, before I'd become registered keeper, and I was giving her the once over -  and it was down to having a facelift bulb (with differently placed pins on the bulb) jammed in. Could the wrong bulb cause such as issue?
Only if it causes a short to ground ::)

Corrosion or water ingress, or both (but not necessarily in that order) are the most likely culprits ;)

WD40, emery cloth and A.N.Other light cluster should solve it :y
Title: Re: Indicator/ Brakelight Malfunction
Post by: Figureman52 on 31 August 2016, 10:39:39
It was an earth fault, ran new earth wire, all sorted.

Many thanks to all.  :y :y