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High beams-showing amber color beam when low beams are on 700 1989

posted by  ManxMann on  Sat Oct 1 19:43 CST 2011
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1989 744 GL

Got the car home from the mechanics, my wife noticed that all four lights were on and the two closest to the grill (high beams) were showing a dull amber glow?

- I recently changed the stock ones over to the Bosch lens/Piaa bulbs. I was running them in my newly deceased 87 745 for 5 years with no problems.

- When I unplug the high beams, the low beams stay on , but then the high beam blue light on the dash is on.
- When i flick the high beam arm, the blue light still stays on but the low beams go to the Higher beam in the low beam light ( that's just because of the type of bulb it is.)
- when I flick the high beam switch the highs go bright and the lows loose the amber look and seem normal
- I have replaced the bulb failure relay from my 87 (which was good), after installing it and starting it up I heard what sounded like a bulb frying....yikes.

Its Saturday here and have to wait till Monday to talk to my mechanic.

Its gotta be....


Any insights would be appreciated.






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