[s-cars] Intermittent Oil Temp Gauge

[Mark Pollan]

Thanks Daye.  "Oh yeah" number two.  My first inclination was the sender as
well.  I was under there after cracking my oil pan and replaced it before
pulling the IC.  Replacing the sender did nothing.  Cleaning the posts did
the trick but not forever.  All I have to do to get the gauge to perk up is
tap the plastic on the IC.  I'm really just looking for a better
physical/electrical connection.

 

Mark

 

-----Original Message-----
From: djdawson2 at aol.com [mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:18 PM
To: mark.pollan at verizonbusiness.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Intermittent Oil Temp Gauge

 

You might want to make sure that your connection is good at the sender.  It
is fairly vulnerable... often coming loose or fraying the wires.  Actually,
that's the only place I've ever had to make repairs.

 

Dave

 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: mark.pollan at verizonbusiness.com
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Intermittent Oil Temp Gauge

My oil temp gauge is a tad flakey.  I know the cause but don't know the long

term fix.  I had pulled the cluster and removed the gauge a while back.

Cleaning the posts on the gauge helped for a bit but the flakiness returned

in about 1 month.  I'm thinking a small drop of solder on each post but feel

that this may also be a temporary, albeit more temporary fix than just

cleaning the posts.  Oh yeah, I did hit them with DeOxit before reassembly

last time.  I'd continue to live with it but my outside temp display bulb is

out so I'll be removing the IC to address that and would like to kill two

birds.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Mark

 

95.5 S6

 

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