|
||
|
8th July 2019, 19:49 | #1 |
Avid contributor
R75 SALOON Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 226
Thanks: 20
Thanked 57 Times in 44 Posts
|
xenon lights self leveling
Do these lights do the ''self check''like the manual adjusted lights do?
|
8th July 2019, 21:02 | #2 |
This is my second home
none but not gone Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: March, Cambs
Posts: 16,437
Thanks: 894
Thanked 4,247 Times in 3,025 Posts
|
Yes........
__________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]….All praise Bananaswan…. |
9th July 2019, 11:53 | #3 |
This is my second home
Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin)
Posts: 21,751
Thanks: 341
Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts
|
I noticed my headlamps 'self-test' only happens every few startups, never at each one. Anyone...?
TC |
9th July 2019, 14:00 | #4 |
This is my second home
none but not gone Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: March, Cambs
Posts: 16,437
Thanks: 894
Thanked 4,247 Times in 3,025 Posts
|
Does it only work at night TC??
__________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]….All praise Bananaswan…. |
9th July 2019, 18:13 | #5 |
This is my second home
Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin)
Posts: 21,751
Thanks: 341
Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts
|
|
9th July 2019, 20:20 | #6 |
This is my second home
none but not gone Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: March, Cambs
Posts: 16,437
Thanks: 894
Thanked 4,247 Times in 3,025 Posts
|
Then they may not self check if they are not switched on
__________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]….All praise Bananaswan…. |
9th July 2019, 20:29 | #7 |
This is my second home
MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 7,523
Thanks: 2,718
Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts
|
they only do the self test on the first time you switch your headlights on. It wont do the self test again if you switch your lights off and back on again unless you switch your ignition off and then back on.
|
9th July 2019, 20:39 | #8 |
This is my second home
MG ZT CDTi Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: carrick
Posts: 7,859
Thanks: 3,494
Thanked 2,657 Times in 1,973 Posts
|
do they do the test on the sidelights as well? as mine make the noise and nearly sure they move too, but it has been a while since I put them on on their own, when it was dark enough.
__________________
It is not gloss primer .............. it is duct tape silver! |
10th July 2019, 14:34 | #9 |
Avid contributor
R75 SALOON Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 226
Thanks: 20
Thanked 57 Times in 44 Posts
|
I asked because I've never had these lights before,
I heard the headlamp motors move when Big Russ had it on the T4, but never since. The beam ,when I bought it, was down on the deck and not much use. So I manually adjusted them, When I put them on the other evening,they were up in the air and would have blinded oncoming traffic,so I adjusted them again,,, The two little boxes front and rear seem to have their arms in the correct position, I also checked to see if the wiring had been chafed. Can anyone suggest anything else? |
10th July 2019, 18:20 | #10 |
This is my second home
Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin)
Posts: 21,751
Thanks: 341
Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts
|
I'd say the electro-adjuster has stuck or seized. It's fairly common and may require gaining access to the internal gubbins. If so, it means separating the front lens after cooking the lamps at 100C or so in the oven for ten minutes. The reflector/bulb holder unit is the bit that moves up/down and left-right to provide the correct beam positions. The electric motor inside moves the reflector up and down. This photo shows the reflector and the three pivot points the allow for the adjustments. The upper central pivot is fixed to a push/pull adjuster connected by a threaded spindle to the manual up/down adjuster sprocket. The upper right is pushed/pulled by the manual left/right adjuster sprocket. The lower pivot is attached to a stepper motor, which pushes/pulls the lower edge of the reflector, so raising and lowering the beams according to the interior thumbwheel or the suspension gizmos. If you think this is where you should venture, I have more photos to explain it all. TC |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|