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Old 09-09-2009, 11:23 PM
Craig
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Originally Posted by chetwesley View Post
I am guessing it is electrical because I noticed that when I pressed in the parking brake today (and the light came on, correspondingly), the temp gauge dropped a little, but just want to make sure.

That actually made me wonder - is it possible that the issue is just a grounding or other electrical connection to the sensor or gauge? What would be the usual suspects to check for such a problem?

Thanks
A bad ground will make the gauge act flaky. In my 240D, the fuel and temp gauges would both move together so I knew it was an electrical issue. I solved it by adding an extra ground wire from the instrument cluster. I assume the original ground was failing.
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