Glad to see you have got your switch and Relay . I am surprised that the relay is green as it is shown in the Bently's Manual as being an orange relay and mine is an orange relay.
Front fog lights
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funthrulens
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I've fitted the switch and ordered the relay from BMW get it tomorrow so like you will see what happens. Good luck wished for you.So I obtained these things now fingers crossed that this is enough for the fog lights to work
I would double check this relay with BMW suppliers as this is a 5 pin relay that they are supplying you with and relay 47 is only a 4 pin relay.
The drawing which you are showing is a BMW 3 series which is a different layout on the electrics.
The drawing which you are showing is a BMW 3 series which is a different layout on the electrics.
funthrulens
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Can you please show me some scheme or photo of your fuse box to be sure that I bought the wrong one?
I found it here http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/Z...le_electrical_system/relay_front_fog_lamp_k47
It would appear that your wiring is diferent for the European Union , so you may well have the right relay after all. On the british cars it is only a four pin relay.
Let me know how you get on. Good luck.
Let me know how you get on. Good luck.
funthrulens
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Question is, if it not hurt somehow my Z3 because of wrong relay...
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As I said earlier the front and back fog lights are on two totally separate circuits.The front foglight work from relay K47 and fuse 15 10amp.
The rear fog lights are powered by relay K49 and fuse 17 7.5amps the position of the relays should be marked on the underneath of the main
distribution box.
The rear fog lights are powered by relay K49 and fuse 17 7.5amps the position of the relays should be marked on the underneath of the main
distribution box.
I would not think so , but ask at the BMW supplier to be sure.
funthrulens
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So I did a little search in electric schemes and I found this. I paint 4 dots on the scheme....I think that it means that the right K47 relay will have to have four outputs
EDIT: strange is when I look into 3 series PDF there are also just four outputs
EDIT: strange is when I look into 3 series PDF there are also just four outputs
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funthrulens
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There you can compare outputs from the green relay that I bought (left) and from the scheme for Z3 (right)
EDIT: maybe its the headlight relay K48
EDIT: maybe its the headlight relay K48
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On the five pin relay which you have both 87 and 87b are both outgoing switch lines when the relay is energised. I would need to see a good PhotoThere you can compare outputs from the green relay that I bought (left) and from the scheme for Z3 (right)
EDIT: maybe its the headlight relay K48
of your distribution box and see if it compares to mine, hope this may be of some help.
funthrulens
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Here
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https://imgur.com/a/PXLCLMy fog lights are now up and working just put the relay in I got from BMW £15 and there we are. Just one thing mine is not orange or green it's black but I'm not colour prejudice so long as it works lol.
funthrulens
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And do you have 4 or 5 outputs from relay ?
it has 5 contacts or outputs as you call them.
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I was not trying to undermine your explanation Tellboy, but I just wanted to explain what a relay is. Sometimes we assume that every body is fully clued up which is not the case. No offence taken I hope.
Hi I actually purchased today a relay from BMW at Salisbury and it had 5 terminals on it I plugged it in and the lights work. I bought it from main dealer to make sure it was the correct one which is a K47 as tellyboy said it was. Hope we don't all fall out over this posting on fog lights I'm just happy for all help and advice given on things posted on the Zroadsteers forum.
Thanks to all.
No offence taken, the trouble with these systems is they are not all uniform . Over the years they have changed things around and it seems that you may have a Z3
but it is not the same as the next persons Z3, which would probably explain why a Haynes car manual is approimately half an inch thick and a Bentley Z3 service manual
is nearly two inches thick and well over a thousand pages. I greatly admire German Engineering although I think they often overcomplicate things