fuel and temp gauge

Jun 13, 2004#1

Original: German · machine translated

Hi, I was driving my car all day today and everything was working fine. Went to work and when I started my car the temp and fuel gauge dont work. I checked fuse 28 and it was fine does anybody else have any ideas

thanks alot

Jeremy

202 posts

Jun 13, 2004#2

It might be a problem with the electrical connection at the Instrument Cluster (IC). My speedometer was intermittent for a while. If I slapped the IC with my hand, it would come back to life for a while.

The fix involves removing the IC, disassembling it, and using a 'contact enhancer' found at any electrical supply house. Sounds difficult, but is very easy to do. Try the slap test first.

Regards,

- Jeremy

Jun 14, 2004#3

Also the odometer in the middle doesnt work, the instant mpg works when u hit the arrows but nothing else works. Do u still think that it could be a lose connection. Its weird to have it just stop working, but having the tach, spedo, oil, and clock gauges still working. Just wondering

Thanks Jimmy

Jun 14, 2004#4

I have a 1990 3.6 V8 which had several items go blank. Took the dis[play off and found that the circuit board had cracked and some of the track had broken. Resoldered using very thin wire and all now back to normal. A slap could remake the connection for a short while.