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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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Angry All in A day.

Okay so my oil pressure guage, my tach, my temp guage all quit working one day. Also now my voltage guage is reading a bit higher than 14 and the tiny red box has illuminated. Grrr... What gives... Took the car and had the voltage checked out and it reads 14.2. Was told that is a normal reading for most cars.

What is some imput.. Come on I know you all have already of had to of had these same hickups.

Just another task for me to hurl my car through and wait for another issue to arrive.
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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Did you check the fuses?
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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Not yet.. Only opened the hood to find out the cars amps.. Will get to the rest one day when the weather here warms up a bit.
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Rule #1... when something electrical stops working... check the fuse.
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Bonk.. Thats me slapping my head,, DUH..
Old Jan 15, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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Smack the top of your dash above your gauges. (not joking) Happened with most of my Z's.
Old Jan 16, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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Hey guys Nismo was right on with his answer.. DUh FUSE.. Damn those things. But why would one cause so many faults to appear? Oh well its fixed and car is back on the road again.. Thanks guys.
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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But why would one cause so many faults to appear?
One fuse can supply power to more than one thing, but they're usually the same kind of electrical item (like a set of gauges). w00t for fixing it!




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