Quite bizarre this...Not too good at electrics so thought someone out there might be able to help?

 

All instruments work fine but when I give the beastie a bit of wellie the temp guage drops to the bottom as the boost guage rises...power drain I guess but am puzzled as it should do that all the time as the boost guage moves due to the small amounts of current the guages draw (or is it because theese things go so fast that gravity pulls the needle down!!?)

Is this the stock water guage?

It's not that you are low on water and when booting it the sender is not in the flow?

 

I had this on mine when the level dropped a bit.

The sender is mounted in a stupid place as far as that goes.

Is this the stock water guage?

It's not that you are low on water and when booting it the sender is not in the flow?

 

I had this on mine when the level dropped a bit.

The sender is mounted in a stupid place as far as that goes.

Yes, standard guage, just checked level and its fine, no overheat probs either so not an airlock.

Have you checked the temp sender connector? If not it's the yellow one and the black one next to it on the front of the engine. Disconnect these and check for corrosion and then re-connect and all may be well. I did this when mine was going up and down and it worked perfectly.

 

Ivan

Mine did this for over a year, I replaced the connector to the dash temp sender, no more probs.

Try turning the connector around 180 degrees so that the hairline break in the wire is being held shut by the bending of the wire. (worked for me for a while) Really need to replacing it though.

 

Have fun!

If the connector is dicky it tends to pull away from the sensor under heavy g's - simple as that!

 

Worth checking the yellow one next to it as well...

Ah...checked sender and the contact is ok but I did discover that the actual sender spade connection is loose on the body of the sender so will get a new one and see what happens!

Only me... ;)

 

Trying to figure out what this is? :confused:

 

Only me... ;)

 

Trying to figure out what this is? :confused:

 

 

 

Alien as in ripley......

If the connector is dicky it tends to pull away from the sensor under heavy g's - simple as that!

 

Worth checking the yellow one next to it as well...

Yep. Mine did that. Eventually just snapped off entirely.