does your oil temp gauge do this?

[calimus at techography.net (calimus)]

I see that Al already answered ya, but I just wanted to jump in and say that
he's right on track.  Had the same problem with my car a while back and
reworking the grounds cured the problem.  What was really fun though, was
having the lights on at night and then hitting my breaks and watching my oil
temp jump by 10c on top of the rest, heh.  it's a great way to soil the
interior enough to make you clean it the fist time it happens. :)

William S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robbie Cotner" <robw_z@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 12:10 AM
Subject: does your oil temp gauge do this?


> I've owned my Scirocco for about two years now and haven't noticed this
problem until recently.  My oil temp gauge is funky:
>
> -when you shut the engine off but leave the ignition on(turn off switch
back on immediately), it shows about 2-3C less than before.
>
> -when I use the turn signals the needle bounces a bit.
>
> -when I turn on the parking lights it reads about 1C higher, headlights
bring that up to 3C higher, and brights make it 5C higher(so with all on it
is 5C higher than with all off).
>
> could this be in any relation to why my oil temps have been about 10C
higher than usualy lately?
>
> -Rob
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