fuseable link is hot to the touch

[jrobe]

I took the cover off the fuse box under the hood and noticed the fuseable link was replaced with a piece of wire. I turned the car off and removed it and it was hot to the touch.

I replaced it with one from my donor car and started the car and it felt again and it was warm.

Is it suppose to be? I have never felt one before, so I'm not sure if this is the norm.

Thanks Jeff

[anothernord]

The wire may be warm simply because it is too small of a wire for the applied current and therefore has more resistance and heat. Try putting a piece of heavier gauge wire in and see if that solves the problem.

[97legacygt]

The best thing would be to go to the Subie dealership and get another fusible link. There's a reason why they are designed to disintegrate. I think they are like $10-15 bucks or something like that.

[jrobe]

I did replace the wire with the correct factory fuseable link.

My question is should it be warm or hot to the touch with the car running?

[Huffer]

Temperature is relative... you need to measure the voltage. I would suggest getting ahold of the FSMs or contacting the dealer.

[jg09]

If it's fry-a-tiny-little-egg-on-it type of hot, then yeah, that's bad. :lol: but if it's just warm, then you should be fine.