oil tempture gauge

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pug406glx
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oil tempture gauge

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is the oil tempture gauge spose to work all the time or just when there is a problem?


any ideas
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It should work all the time. Does yours ever work?
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steve_earwig wrote:It should work all the time. Does yours ever work?


when you turn the ingtition on it shoots up to maxand the lightsd come on and then the needle goes to off?
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Ah, that's an oil level gauge then.
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does it not work all the time then?
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Not when the engine's running (same as you would check the dipstick with it running) so it turns itself off after a few seconds.
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oh i see thank you least i know now
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