Owen Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 My Autometer Sport Comp oil temp gauge is whacked...when I turn the key to "on", the needle jumps all the way to the highest reading and stays there. What gives? Is there a short somewhere? I have not changed any wiring for this gauge that I know of. Thanks, Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 Owen, I'm pretty sure its shorting to ground. My water temp sender did that after I swapped the engine in and was reading maxed out ( ), and it ended up being the connector on the pressure sender was bent down and was contacting the outside of the sender body (ground). I pulled it up and havn't had any problems. I'd look for a short to ground somewhere between the gauge and the sender. Hope it helps, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 15, 2001 Author Share Posted May 15, 2001 Thanks! A much better answer than Autometer tech gave me... "Sir, I really don't know..." Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted May 16, 2001 Share Posted May 16, 2001 They actually had no idea? Geez, on an electrical gauge that measures resistance the FIRST thing I'd figure they would think of would be a short. Zero resistance is going to peg the gauge in one direction or another. Sheesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 16, 2001 Author Share Posted May 16, 2001 How bout my response from Wilwood on their slave cylinder? I asked, Can this be adapted for use with thee T56 transmission?" Answer," Yes, we have seen this before." Uh, hello? WTF! Forget them! Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 16, 2001 Share Posted May 16, 2001 Good thing it wasn't a microsoft tech, they would have told you to turn the car off for five minutes and try restarting it... Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 16, 2001 Author Share Posted May 16, 2001 HAH HAH HAH! Thats a good one! Well, it wasn't the same problem you described. I'm gonna disconnect every thing and recheck the ground wires too. Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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