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Well i had to pull my front 400r bumper off to fit my new cooler and in the process 2 of the bulbs in the indicators on the bumper broke, so i replaced em with new bulbs. We had to remove the fan for the AC also cause it was in the way of the cooler. Now my indicators blink real fast like there is a bulb not working, but they all work fine. Could it be caused by the plug for the AC fan being left off cause it was removed and its detecting this as a fault!

Here a pic of the front bar and cooler for those that havent seen it yet!

Oh and i got 183kw@wheels at 0.9 bar boost after the s-afc was retuned with the new cooler

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Sure you replaced them with the correct wattage bulbs. I think the rapid blinking is caused by the system detecting the wrong voltage drop, which will vary according the the wattage of the globe. I can't see how the A/C fan would affect the indicator voltages. Otherwise you'd get different blink rates when the fan was on and when it was off.

i am preety sure i replaced em with the correct bulbs. How many different wattages do they come inm they r the 1'c with the 3 lipped end. Does the left and right indicators run off the same circuit so if 1 of the left bulbs r not working the blinker will still bink fast even when u indicate right?

heres my dyno graph 2!!

:)

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The increase in blinker speed is caused by a bad/faulty/short circuit

Same thing happens if you forget to connect your driving lights back up when you take the front bar off.

Sounds like your bulbs are incorrect

Originally posted by INASNT

no not yet, but i changed my headlight fluid and it didnt help either!!! :D

yeah? well give it a go dude...

It's probably the blinker fluids..and don't try and use the headlight fluid for the blinks, it will stuff things up...

Good luck with it :D

I did the same thing and they blinked too fast, either get the correct wattage bulb or place a resistor from Dick-Smith in series with the bulb, this will give it the correct volt drop and they should blink normal.

See'ya:burnout:

when i was working with cars and puting them back together and doing panel beating this was common... mainly cause one of the lights (as they run in series) isnt working.

when one stops working or blows then it puts the series out and starts to flash faster but generally only on the side which the bulb is affected.

Inark,

Normaly that is the case, that one of the lights has blown, but if you put in the wrong wattage globe then that has the same effect. Need to increase the resistance of the line back to what the original system was by adding a resistor.

See'ya:burnout:

Originally posted by INASNT

can any 1 give me the correct wattage for em. And remember its the 1'c on the front bumper. Thanks

Here is !! :P:D

Copied straight from my Skyline manual.

Head Lamp 12v 55w

Fog Lamp 12v 35w

Side Lights 12v 5w

License Plate 12v 5w

System/Rear Lights 12v 21/5w ???

Reverse Lights

Sedan 12v 18w

Coupe 12v 21w

Indicator Front 12v 21w

Rear 12v 5w

Cornering Lamp 12v 21w

So front bar indicators should be 21 watties.

J

Originally posted by Jay95R33

Here is !!  :P  :D

Copied straight from my Skyline manual.

Head Lamp              12v  55w

Fog Lamp                 12v 35w

Side Lights               12v 5w

License Plate            12v 5w

System/Rear Lights  12v 21/5w    ???

Reverse Lights

        Sedan        12v 18w

        Coupe        12v 21w

Indicator Front    12v 21w

              Rear     12v 5w

Cornering Lamp  12v 21w

So front bar indicators should be 21 watties.

J

thanks jay!

Originally posted by GTS-t VSPEC

Jay,

You have a Skyline manual, how did you score that?

See'ya:burnout:

:P :P

It's just the owners manual... Not the workshop manual :P

I'd looooove to get hold of a workshop manual.

My last cars I'd always get a Gregory's manual so I could work on the car myself. With the Skyline I'm a bit nude, but willing to get in there and give it a go.

J

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