[s-cars] intermittent oil temp gauge

[brian bilotti]

Hmmm, mine just seems to have a mind of it's own. Some
days it works, others it just sits there on the
coldest scale....
--- Robert Rossato <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> wrote:

> Mine has been doing this off and on, no pun
> intended, for the last
> couple of years.  When it first started I noticed
> that it was related to
> engine movement.  With heavy throttle the gauge
> would cut out as the
> motor rocked in its mounts.  I checked out the
> connection at the sender
> and while it looked okay, I pulled the wire closer
> to the sender to give
> it some more slack.  This did the trick.  Though
> about a year later it
> started up again.  I tried moving the wire again and
> it seemed to work
> though it occasionally comes back.  Not sure what
> the problem is.  Maybe
> the crimp on the terminal, but I can't believe
> everyone is having that
> problem.  Maybe the wire is chafing somewhere along
> it's route.
> Whichever it is, as far as mine is concerned it
> definitely doesn't seem
> to be a problem at the gauge end.
> 
> Bob
> 
> > -----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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