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OD Realy Failure 200 86

posted by  someone claiming to be Mike Gardner on  Fri Mar 9 16:07 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hello. I'm Blane Gardner's son( I know, I don't know how I do it either...) Anywayz( can you tell I'm in High School), we just replaced the OD Relay in my Volvo 240 like 2 or 3 weeks ago, and it's already failed. I was wonering if any of Ya'll had any advice or chicken recipies. My car's an automatic, if that helps. Peace.







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Re: OD Realy Failure 200 86

posted by  someone claiming to be Don Foster on  Sat Mar 10 00:01 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Mike --

If the wire going to the solenoid has frayed insulation, it can occasionally touch ground and short out. Sometimes this blows the fuse, but sometimes it burns open a small trace on the OR relay circuit board.

The picture below is an OD relay that I resoldered, but this relay also had a burned trace, which I repaired with the small bit of wire (pink insulation).

Examine yours to see if the copper trace is burned.






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