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RE: Narcoleptic coolant temp gauge



This is the typical failure mode of the multifuction temperature sensor.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sean Ford [SMTP:sean@nwh.org]
> Sent:	Friday, November 21, 1997 2:08 PM
> To:	Audi
> Subject:	Narcoleptic coolant temp gauge
> 
> [...]
> I'll be driving along and the
> temp gauge will slowly begin dropping back to it's base, wake up a
> little, fall
> back and just lay there. The heat still blows and the temp gauge
> eventually
> regains consciousness, but it's disconcerting nonetheless. Anyone have
> any
> ideas? A short somewhere, possibly? A dirty contact, perhaps?
> 
>