Given the symptoms you describe, my first inclination would be to check
charging system... both at idle and at about 2000 rpm..... Overcharging is
a
distinct possibility.
There... now arent you glad you didn't have to page down a bunch of times
to see my reply?
"bent" <bent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1209425035_1295@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I have a 1997 Escort which uses #9007 low/high headlamp bulbs. Soon
>(days/week) after the psgr side's low beam went out the other side went.
>The high beams were unaffected. So I bought and changed bulbs on both
>sides. Within a day or two the psgr side was out again and only the
driver
>side regular low beam worked. To be honest I didn't notice if both sides
>worked for any short period of time when I first installed them because I
>didn't realize I had to release the parking brake. Then I took the good
low
>bulb from working driver side and put in in the psgr side and it did work
>there. And the dead bulb from the psgr side psgr did NOT work at the same
>time on the driver side. So I then took the broken low bulb right out of
>the car and drove 1/3 mile to the store to get another bulb. On the way I
>guess it was a circuit breaker or some electronics that was clicking
loudly
>like crazy under the psgr dash (first and last I ever heard it). I
>installed the third new 9007 on the driver side in the parking lot, and
>when I got home (2/3 mile total) that new bulb in the driver side was the
>only bulb working; the psgr was blown again. It could have blown on the
>way to the store.
>
> If both the 9007 bulbs did work when I bought and installed them, then
> that could mean the car's electronics could be blowing the psgr side
bulb,
> even if I blew one 9007 driving with just a single. If however I bought
a
> bad bulb the first time, and then when I switched the good one over it
> blew because I drove to store with just that one side installed, then
> maybe I yet just have to buy another 9007 bulb and have both installed
at
> same time.
>
>
> AN ANSWER TO THIS ONE QUESTION COULD PROVIDE MY ENTIRE SOLUTION
>
>>If I drive with only one of the two front headlight bulbs installed is
it
>>logical to conclude that the other side will typically burn out?
>>(psgr/drv)
>
> OR IS IT:
>
> Could it be a fuse or something else simple bad somewhere, or is there
> poss a problem with the electronics? My best case is if there is no
> problem with the electronics; no repairs/diagnostics.
>
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