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Offline mk2mark

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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #10 on: 17 May 2007, 09:48 »


That thing just up from the red gti badge is not an indicator, it's a little plaque thing with the wolfsburg castle on it. Now I'm interested to know whether that's a common thing, I'm fairly certain it hasn't been changed from the factory.
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #11 on: 17 May 2007, 10:31 »
Indicator badges were factory on early golfs, but only things like GL CL and things, never a Wolfsburg badge...

How long have you had the car? Is this fast flashing recent, on both sides?
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #12 on: 17 May 2007, 13:32 »
I'll take a better pic later on then, I've had the car nearly a year, the flashing's only just started and only on the right.
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #13 on: 17 May 2007, 15:08 »
Ok. Perhaps the person who fitted the badges just left the bulbs inside the wing, and its now blown?! I'm not sure how they would get around this problem with the models that had factory badges... perhaps they had a different relay??
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #14 on: 18 May 2007, 00:31 »
chers jmallows ill clean up the earth's and see how it goes

I did add a resistor and it still flashed fast so im hoping its the earthing


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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #15 on: 18 May 2007, 09:57 »
I'm nearly certain this golf would have never had these indicators, if they were changed it was over 15 years ago - would indicators last that long if they were hidden away for that long?
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #16 on: 18 May 2007, 10:33 »
Well, my indicators have been in 19 yrs, and never been changed! But then, no plate bulbs only lasted a yr last time, so all depepnds!

I'm sorry, but i dont have any other suggestions!!

Quote from: Mr Blue on 18 May 2007, 00:31
chers jmallows ill clean up the earth's and see how it goes

I did add a resistor and it still flashed fast so im hoping its the earthing


 :smiley:

Ok, should be that...
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Re: Indicator flashing too fast?
« Reply #17 on: 18 May 2007, 16:21 »
What year is your golf? And is it a UK spec?  If you have owned it the past 15 years then i see where you are coming from... 

IMO it would still be worth popping back the inner wheel arch to have a check. I know if i wanted to add badges in place of my indicators i would leave them inside the arch in case i ever wanted them back. The Wolfsburg side badges are a tidy mod but uk spec GTI's never came with these so at somepoint something has been changed.  Other than that replace the relay?
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