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**Slawek** · 04-01-2007, 03:45 PM

I went to get an engine shampoo done, and it turned out awesome. However, now my passenger side HID bulb is not firing up.

Drivers side works fine.. we pulled the bulbs out, tried them both in the drivers side ballast, they work fine.. Tried them in the passenger side, bulb fires up after some ON OFF ON OFF with headlight switch. We wiggled wires around, doesn't do anything.. put the bulbs back, the passenger side SOMETIMES fires up after some ON OFF ON OFF with lights.. so that's at least an improvement.. but still, I can't figure out the problem.

We measured voltage at the hardness -> ballast plug, and it's fine.. bulbs are obviously fine sine they fire up.. what could it be?

When I turn it on, you can see it really dim trying to fire, so I turn it off, try it again, and it fires up properly sometimes.. so to me it seems like ballast is not firing properly?

04-01-2007, 03:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Slawek VM Member Posts: 4,480 Location: Sydney, Australia Join Date: Jul 2004 Ride: 1998 VW Golf CL Fav Mod: Class: Street	HID help -- not firing up properly.. I went to get an engine shampoo done, and it turned out awesome. However, now my passenger side HID bulb is not firing up. Drivers side works fine.. we pulled the bulbs out, tried them both in the drivers side ballast, they work fine.. Tried them in the passenger side, bulb fires up after some ON OFF ON OFF with headlight switch. We wiggled wires around, doesn't do anything.. put the bulbs back, the passenger side SOMETIMES fires up after some ON OFF ON OFF with lights.. so that's at least an improvement.. but still, I can't figure out the problem. We measured voltage at the hardness -> ballast plug, and it's fine.. bulbs are obviously fine sine they fire up.. what could it be? When I turn it on, you can see it really dim trying to fire, so I turn it off, try it again, and it fires up properly sometimes.. so to me it seems like ballast is not firing properly? ------------------ --- Down Under ---