[V8] oil temp and press senders

[Mike Arman]

> brat boy <excit97 at hotmail.com> To: "v8 at audifans.com" <v8 at audifans.com> Subject: [V8] oil temp and
> press senders

>
> hey guys I'm getting my car ready for my inspection and I'm ofcourse panicking. The pol tell and
> press gauges are wacked. Who,e driving the needles are way over to the far right and in neutral
> the pressure gauge does a crazy erratic dance in the  Middleton the gauge.
>
> I called with d and some say the sensor for the pressure is a couple of bucks. Someone else says
> there are two, one blue, one red, and another comes Sith the gauge for a hefty price. Nobody has
> the temperature sender.
>
> I also do t even know where the senders are on the engine. Can anybody let me know where the
> senders are and what I should be buying? Does the pressure unit do temperature as well?


I doubt your sensors are bad - this sounds like the cold solder joints in the instrument cluster 
syndrome.

Quick check, whack the top of the dash above the instrument cluster (firmly, but not like you want 
to kill it) and see if the gauges start to change or behave.


The fix isn't hugely difficult, but if you can't or don't want to solder, find someone on the list 
who has already done this. Couple of hours total, first time - look at the archives for more 
information.


Mike Arman
90V8Q


(Please type carefully, some of this stuff is pretty technical and we need to know that we are 
talking about the same thing. It will cost you big bucks if someone misunderstands you and says "go 
fix X" and something else is what was really wrong ;-)