[s-cars] Latvian hatch struts (and oil temp gauge)
Steve Mills
s.b.mills at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 14:07:09 PDT 2010
It's the solder joint on the pin that supplies the sender signal to
the cluster. BTDT on 3 S6's so far. Pull the cluster, resolder, done.
Steve
On Apr 19, 2010, at 12:26 PM, "Eric Rechlin" <quattro at rechlin.us> wrote:
> I can second the recommendation of the Latvian rear hatch struts
> that were
> mentioned a few weeks back. I got mine ($48 shipped) last week and
> installed them on my S6 Avant over the weekend. Now my hatch no
> longer
> comes falling down on my head in the cooler 60 degree weather! It's a
> 5-minute job and well worth the price.
>
> Only disadvantage is it now takes a lot more force to close, but
> it's sure
> better than the alternative.
>
> Unfortunately, now my car is begging for more attention. For the
> last few
> weeks, my oil temperature gauge has been "fluttering". When I'm
> accelerating, even lightly, it's accurate. But when I hit the
> brakes hard,
> it jumps to full-scale, and under lesser deceleration (and sometimes
> when
> idle), it flutters all over the scale, going as far left as the
> accurate
> temperature and as far right as full scale.
>
> Has anyone seen this before? I replaced my oil pressure sender a
> week ago
> (it suddenly started leaking oil pretty badly), but it's been doing
> this
> since before I messed around in there. At first I suspected a loose
> connection in the instrument cluster, which I took out in January to
> replace
> the ignition switch, but after removing it again and checking
> everything
> seemed tight.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric Rechlin
>
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