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<blockquote data-quote="Bimshop Singapore" data-source="post: 734178" data-attributes="member: 32145"><p><u><strong>Preventive Spotting</strong></u></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In some of our upcoming posts, we will be sharing with your how to spot potential wiring problems before it get worse, shorting up lights and other electrical components. These are common problems that we have encountered on many rides we have done which most of you would have no idea of, cos not many of you work up close with vehicles that often.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">With the car aging, wear n tear and given the hot weather in Singapore, our wiring usually starts cracking and peeling after 4-5 years. The rubber insulation will flake off without any of you noticing it cos its all hidden in the headlight set and only time when u guys really take notice is when your lights start to go bonkers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For today, we will share with you our observation on the BMW E60lci.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">We will start on the AE wiring.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In the following picture, you will notice the cable tie when we have circled in yellow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It is a standard item on all E60lci, all your AE wiring are held together by this little black cable tie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">With time, the wiring insulation rots and what's left are the badly exposed wires held together by this cable tie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Holding 2 naked wires together at such close proximity usually leads to shorting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Your lights don't die instantly but its something like a slow death.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If not addressed, whatever new lights put inside will have the same problem and given the further deterioration of the wiring insulation, the lights will probably die at a faster rate. Worst case scenario would be the shorting of other electrical components such as the FRM etc.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://s432.photobucket.com/user/bimshop/media/BMW/liquidE/e60lci_wiringprob_cabletie_zps9u1p0svq.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq42/bimshop/BMW/liquidE/e60lci_wiringprob_cabletie_zps9u1p0svq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bimshop Singapore, post: 734178, member: 32145"] [U][B]Preventive Spotting[/B][/U] [FONT=Verdana]In some of our upcoming posts, we will be sharing with your how to spot potential wiring problems before it get worse, shorting up lights and other electrical components. These are common problems that we have encountered on many rides we have done which most of you would have no idea of, cos not many of you work up close with vehicles that often.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]With the car aging, wear n tear and given the hot weather in Singapore, our wiring usually starts cracking and peeling after 4-5 years. The rubber insulation will flake off without any of you noticing it cos its all hidden in the headlight set and only time when u guys really take notice is when your lights start to go bonkers.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]For today, we will share with you our observation on the BMW E60lci.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]We will start on the AE wiring.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]In the following picture, you will notice the cable tie when we have circled in yellow.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]It is a standard item on all E60lci, all your AE wiring are held together by this little black cable tie.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]With time, the wiring insulation rots and what's left are the badly exposed wires held together by this cable tie.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Holding 2 naked wires together at such close proximity usually leads to shorting.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Your lights don't die instantly but its something like a slow death.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]If not addressed, whatever new lights put inside will have the same problem and given the further deterioration of the wiring insulation, the lights will probably die at a faster rate. Worst case scenario would be the shorting of other electrical components such as the FRM etc.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][url=http://s432.photobucket.com/user/bimshop/media/BMW/liquidE/e60lci_wiringprob_cabletie_zps9u1p0svq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq42/bimshop/BMW/liquidE/e60lci_wiringprob_cabletie_zps9u1p0svq.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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