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Re: Temp Guage Failure (archive)
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Posted by John Weese on July 18, 1999 at 08:22:37:

In Reply to: Temp Guage Failure posted by Steve on July 17, 1999 at 23:24:27:

Your car most likely has the "infamous" poor ground syndrome...the nut on the back of the temp gauge needs to be cleaned and reattached. I need to do this on my son's '87 325is also.

Have you tried to "slap" the top of the dashboard? I'll bet the needle moves if you do this....just a gentle slap, of course.

My mechanic actually said the car may have a bad cylinder head (the gauge was reading near the red)...the car was not overheating! slapped the dash and the needle "nailed" 12 o'clock.

Good luck,

John

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