fuse burnning out!

[rich2310]

just went take my battery out of my cupra so i can change the headlight bulbs took off the cover for the fuses on the battery and founf that the 30 amp on the right hand side of the 3 fuses has competly melted does anyone no what this fuse does and why it has burned out i dont think i will be able to get it out as it is all brittle and burned out pretty bad

cheers

 

[chrisbond69]

problem with these mate if you do a search there will be a few with regards this problem mine melted in summer when i had fan and aircon on.not to easy to replace more fiddly iirc i think it was about £20 from seat.

 

[rich2310]

what does that fuse do then?

 

[jonocupra]

what does that fuse do then?

that one is for the fans and some sort of pump summin to do with AC. mine went and didnt realise till i was sat in traffic and fans didnt come one!!!!!

 

[cupra_matt]

It is the power supply for the colling fans, auxilary water pump and magnetic clutch. This is a common problem, i removed and dismantled mine and cleaned it up. Had no problems since and i never switch my aircon off.

The reason for the melting is due to the current draw of the cooling fans. If the car was still under warranty new fans would be fitted.

Matt

 

[rich2310]

phoned my local dealer today to order a new fuse holder for on top of my battery and they said they needed the amp rating of my battery just had a look on the battery but could not find anything do all the cupras have a standard amp rating

cheers

 

[TTS Roadsport]

The far right blade fuse is for the ABS pump i thought?? When mine melted i have no ABS or TCS.

Just checked and its melted again