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Quote: Originally Posted by mab01uk (original)

Engine compartment fusebox
The high current fuses FL1-FL5 are underneath (on the bottom) of the Engine Compartment Fuse panel.

Since I had a few problems finding these on my R53 (wanting, in vain, to check the PAS fuse before I took the dead pump off), I thought I'd try to make it easier for others.

You can just about do it without too much dismantling. First, disconnect the battery. Then remove the fuse panel cover, then the multi-plug at the front of the fusebox, then the 8mm screw at each end, and the 10mm screw holding the cable from the battery:

if you then fiddle the battery cable out of the way, there is just enough slack in the other wires to tilt the fusebox down at its front end, to reveal the panel guarding the big fuses, which is located at the rearmost end of the fusebox:

Tilt like so:

To reveal this panel (looking from the bulkhead forwards):

The cover prises off with a small screwdriver. The fuses themselves are then revealed, and can be removed with a Torx 25 bit (2 screws each):

Just hope you find one blown, after all this trouble. Not that I did