what's wrong with my lights ?
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Racer
Joined: May 2007
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From: Newcastle, UK
what's wrong with my lights ?
Am running with HID fogs and HID ACA headlights and no problems at all until now.
First click on the stalk brings on the fogs just like usual but my pop-ups are now popping up at the same time but the lights aren't coming on. Second click on the stalk now brings on my driving lights. When I go back one click to the fogs the driving lights go off but the pop-ups stay up (common problem with HID's). When I now switch my fogs off (all lights off) the pop ups now go down but the motor/gear still turns on the left hand side pop-up for about 4 seconds.
I know that the teeth on the gear wheels can shear off but is this problem consistant with that?
any advice would be very much appreciated
thanks
First click on the stalk brings on the fogs just like usual but my pop-ups are now popping up at the same time but the lights aren't coming on. Second click on the stalk now brings on my driving lights. When I go back one click to the fogs the driving lights go off but the pop-ups stay up (common problem with HID's). When I now switch my fogs off (all lights off) the pop ups now go down but the motor/gear still turns on the left hand side pop-up for about 4 seconds.
I know that the teeth on the gear wheels can shear off but is this problem consistant with that?
any advice would be very much appreciated
thanks
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if the motor still spins after the lid is down, you have stripped headlight gears.
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Good question, start a thread, and ask for help with details on your particular situation. I'm just clearing up your misunderstanding of capacitors v/s resistors.........so you don't confuse others.
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Am running with HID fogs and HID ACA headlights and no problems at all until now.
First click on the stalk brings on the fogs just like usual but my pop-ups are now popping up at the same time but the lights aren't coming on. Second click on the stalk now brings on my driving lights. When I go back one click to the fogs the driving lights go off but the pop-ups stay up (common problem with HID's). When I now switch my fogs off (all lights off) the pop ups now go down but the motor/gear still turns on the left hand side pop-up for about 4 seconds.
I know that the teeth on the gear wheels can shear off but is this problem consistant with that?
any advice would be very much appreciated
thanks
First click on the stalk brings on the fogs just like usual but my pop-ups are now popping up at the same time but the lights aren't coming on. Second click on the stalk now brings on my driving lights. When I go back one click to the fogs the driving lights go off but the pop-ups stay up (common problem with HID's). When I now switch my fogs off (all lights off) the pop ups now go down but the motor/gear still turns on the left hand side pop-up for about 4 seconds.
I know that the teeth on the gear wheels can shear off but is this problem consistant with that?
any advice would be very much appreciated
thanks
Change the gear out first though. Some do that when the gear is bad.
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Racer
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From: Newcastle, UK
