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Question about fuses...
OK, so I'm going through my car this morning as I took it to the dump to be weighed and I find a fuse (#10) just sitting in my glovebox where the previous owner must have placed it.
The fuse has not been blown so I pop the hood to see where it came from... When I open up my fuse box, when facing the engine, I notice the slots for two #10 fuses on the bottom right hand side of the box. 1 fuse is in its place, but the other slot has some nasty gunk and is missing the fuse completely!? What do these two fuses control? How should I clean that gunk out before popping the new fuse in? Could this be why my CE light has been on? Thanks! -Chike
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This is just a guess here but could it be the "Fwd" fuse and the empty fuse holder spot??? As far as that grease i figured it was some type of dielectric grease or something so i left it. I could be way off on these though. On the cover of the fuse panel it should say what fuses are what.
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Looks like I found my answer: FWD/AWD fuse thread
Seems like that gunk in there is non-conductive grease and since my car is AWD, that slot should be left open. The #10 fuse in my glove box should be used in an emergency to disengage the AWD transfer clutch... -Chike
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Yes, mine also has that "gunk." It's grease intended to protect that particular fusebox slot, which is normally open. (When I noticed that my heart sank, because at first glance it looked like the remains of a melted fuse.)
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Exactly! That is what caused my heart to skip a beat this morning...whew! (wipes sweat off his brow)
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