[s-cars] intermittent oil temp gauge

[Mark Pollan]

Hi Keith:

Mine has been doing that for quite some time.  I replaced the oil temp
sender initially but this did nothing.  I then pulled the instrument cluster
and removed the oil temp gauge.  The gauge has two "prongs" that slip into
the circuit board making the electrical connection.  I cleaned these up and
hit them with deoxit.  It worked like a charm for about 1 month and then
back to the erratic behavior.  If tapping the cluster makes the gauge jump,
my $ is on these prongs not making good contact.  When it warms up I may go
after it again but then again...

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Keith Maddock
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:02 PM
To: Scar
Subject: [s-cars] intermittent oil temp gauge

Fellow s-heads,

My oil temp gauge seems to be intermitently dropping to the full low
value - usually stays at correct value and bumps down on a series of
rough bits (no shortage around Detroit area this time of year!),
occasionally it will stay at the low value for a few seconds until the
next set of bad bumps.

I assume this is a loose wiring connection at the gauge or sender -
any BTDT common cause for this before I start barking up the wrong
tree?

Cheers,
Keith
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