few gremlins...

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few gremlins...

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car passed MOT on tuesday, and is going for full suspension set up in 2 weeks however:

1) no power is going to front fog lights, where is the fuse/relays for this?
2) oil pressure guage just goes off the scale as soon as ignition is turned, and stays there... even when the sender is disconnected, any ideas?

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On 2) - Disconnecting the sender always sends mine off the top of the scale...it kinda suggests you might have fault in the wiring from sender to gauge - can you put in a temporary replacement wire to see if that solves the problem before you start stripping bits out of the loom ?
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amarshall wrote:before you start stripping bits out of the loom ?
you mean before i get my mechanic to start stripping out the loom? ;)
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Re: few gremlins...

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Mike said grounding the wire should cause the reading to drop to 0...

this was the case for me, so new sender has been ordered :)
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Mercedes B250e “Tesla” 2015
MGF 1.8i Steptronic CVT 2001
Honda Civic Type R EP3 2004
Volvo V70 T5 2002
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