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| fduval |
 Aug 12 2017, 03:57 PM
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On my 1973 914 2 liter, the oil temp gauge started acting crazy ( like going up and down the scale like a nut ) ???? any ideas why it is acting this weird ? flickering !!!
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| porschetub |
Aug 12 2017, 05:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,882 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
yep poor contact on supply wire but most likely the ground,sender failure is pretty rare.
Try to supply the gauge with another temporary ground and see what happens. |
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fduval Temperature gauge going nuts! Aug 12 2017, 03:57 PM
Porschef Seems like a ground issue. Did you track down a re... Aug 12 2017, 03:59 PM 914Sixer Your wire from the sender is brittle and going ope... Aug 12 2017, 04:01 PM
fduval
Your wire from the sender is brittle and going op... Aug 12 2017, 04:04 PM Keith914
Your wire from the sender is brittle and going o... Aug 13 2017, 08:16 AM McMark Nope. Wire. Aug 12 2017, 04:18 PM McMark Actually, the more likely wire that's failing ... Aug 13 2017, 08:06 AM cuddyk Exactly what happened on my car. And exactly as Mc... Aug 13 2017, 11:52 AM fduval
On my 1973 914 2 liter, the oil temp gauge sta... Aug 14 2017, 09:53 AM |
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