RE: turn-signal, temp guage, and oil pres. warning probs

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

I suspect you're right WRT the relays and senders, but you could have
wierd grounding gremlins at work. Try checking the contacts for dirty
connectors, maybe the relays and senders are OK after all, just not
getting juice the right way.

Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

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>From: 	nicholls@mikey.convex.com[SMTP:nicholls@mikey.convex.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, 07 August, 1996 11:29 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	turn-signal, temp guage, and oil pres. warning probs
>
>My '86 4000S has an intermittent turn-signal failure.  When the problem
>happens, if I try to activate either the left or right turn-signal,
>the dashboard turn-signal indicator stays lit (doesn't blink) and
>none of the external turn-signals light up.  Also, activating the
>hazard switch doesn't do anything.
>
>Sometimes the problem happens as soon as I start the car.  Sometimes
>it happens after I've been driving awhile.  Sometimes the problem
>goes away after a few minutes.  Sometimes the problem doesn't go
>away until the next time I drive the car.
>
>Also, the coolant temperature guage reads 0 all the time.  Except,
>once, after I drove home, I noticed that it was working.  That was
>about 2 days ago and it hasn't worked since.  I don't know if this
>could be related to by turn-signal problem.
>
>Also, the oil pressure warning light (and buzzard) occasionally
>turn on for a few seconds.  Even though the oil pressure guage
>looks normal (3 - 4 Bars while driving).  The oil and filter
>were recently changed.  I don't know if this is related to the
>above problems.
>
>I hope the turn-signal problem is just a faulty relay and that
>the temp guage and oil pressure warning problems are just faulty
>sender units.  But, could this be a more subtle electrical prob?
>
>Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Sam Nicholls <nicholls@rsn.hp.com>
>'86 4000S (with only 40K miles thanks to the busted odometer 8-)
>