[s-cars] intermittent oil temp gauge

[brian bilotti]

I also can't seem to tie it to any "event".
--- brian bilotti <vinnieb2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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