Short between the fog light and the turn signal?

[fly44]

So, having just gotten out of Boot Camp and down to my school, my father graciously drove my 99 CSVT from NY to Florida for me. I was overjoyed. I went out cruising for a good hour or so.

Then I left it idling in a parking lot with my girl in the passenger seat. I get back to "Something smells like burning" and a cabin full of blue smoke

Fire Party Fire Party we have a class Charlie fire. Damn. The smoke was coming from down near the right fog light, so I killed the headlights and it stopped.

Now the right fog light turns on, but is extremely dim. The right turn signal works fine, but the left turn signal blinks at hyperspeed.

My guess is that the right fog light and blinker are on the same circuit and the short is causing enough resistance that the left blinker thinks the right is out?

Am I close? Anyone know? If I'm correct, does anyone know about where the wires diverge? Easier to get to on a lift or from above?

At least the ozone from the electrical burning seems to have gotten rid of the mildew smell inhabiting my HVAC system.

 

[fly44]

Occams razor wins again! The fog light is still shorting out, but the blinker issue was unrelated. My rear blinker was actually starting to crap out on me, but every time I checked it, it bounced back into working order.

 

[xtascox]

They are on a separate circuit. For the blinker check the harness going into the light bulb holder in the rear. The contacts on mine had shorted somehow and were stretched apart. For the fog light, I would start under the dash since your cabin has smoke in it. If you've done the foglight mod then check your connections there. Follow the wiring from the little white relay which is led to from the headlight switch. If you can't find anything there, follow the wires off the foglight itself.

 

[Matt R]

Did you do any form of wiring yourself in the engine bay area? Any kind of short like that is on the verge of starting a fire should trip a fuse if it's on a stock circuit.