Fuses! - W124 1991 500E

[paddy@polyposta]

Attention all 500E/E500 owners, I know theres not many but bit of advice on fuses.

Replaced all my bulet fuses today with new ones all round and noticed the following:

Here is a picture of the fuse box and surround Auxillary fuse boxes:

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In the owners manual it states that there should be no fuse in slot 11, which is the case, (Pink Circle in pic)

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It also states that there should be no fuse in slot D. But there is a Red 16A (Red circle in pic). Fuse slot D is for auxillary fan but in manual says E 420, E 500 Fuse not occupied!

It also quotes there being next to the main fuse box,
"Auxillary Fuse Boxes"

Fuse 30 A
E 420, E 500 - Fuse 25 A (blue) Blower motor (vehicles with automatic climate control)

Fuse 16 A (red) seat heater, front, permanent current for trailer
E 420, E 500 - Auxillary Fan

.....is this the said box? and if so there should be a blue fuse! No? My car def has auto climate control

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Any advice here would be appreciatted

Paddy

 

[grober]

there are 2 possible control set ups for the A/C auxiliary fans around that time
One uses a combination relay K9/ki/k2 which has an external 30A supply fuse. This is probably the "unused " blue fuse in the auxilliary fuse holder. The other setup uses 2 distinct relays K9 and K10 which are internally fused and there is no external Fuse . It sounds as if that's the setup you have. Since you are having trouble with your aircon auxilliary fans it might be worth checking/replacing these relays? relays B and C here AFAIK

This is just an educated guess so proceed slowly and check your voltages carefully.