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[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by David_17

Any recent pics Andy? Haven't seen it for a while.

The gauge will be a bad earth. I had the same problem with a water temp gauge a while back.

To test the sender. Put a multimeter on the terminals and check there's some resistance there. Ususally as the sender gets warmer, the resistance decreases. So if there's no resistance, the gauge will go straight to max.

Hope that makes a bit of sense.

Thanks Dave,

Yes, i,ve got some new photos, once I work out how to download them from my new phone I,ll post up a couple, I sent Ash a photo earlier via MMS, maybe he could post up the pic , Ash??

Yes it sort of makes sense, it would mean even more if I knew what setting to put the multi meter on to test for resistance

Ash phoned me earlier & was explaining just what you have said, i had the multi meter in my hand.....imagine.......blank expression on my face

This is whats happening....

Start engine,
oil pressure gauge working nicely,
water temp gauge shows increase in temp as it should
The oil temp gauge does nothing for about a minute then shoots to its highest reading

confused dot com springs to mind , LOL

cheers
andy