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RE: weird thing happened
It was the oil temp. I know that the engine temp dial is. Part of the
tripometer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Khan Klatt [mailto:khan@mediaaccess.com]
Sent: March 01, 2000 11:48 AM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: weird thing happened
At 11:29 AM -0700 3/1/2000, Chadwick, John/COR/INV wrote:
>Ok, I'm on my way to work driving normal. I look down at my oil temp. and
it
>was turned off. The mileage wasn't showing either. I looked over and my air
>bag and ABS light were both lit up. I used my turn signal and I could
barely
>see it. My radio was going in and out as well. Engine was running fine
>though. I stepped on the gas pretty hard to pass someone and everything
came
>back to normal. No check engine light or anything. And the oil temp came
>back on just like I had it before it freaked out on me. Any thoughts on
this
>one guys?
Several points:
When you notice electrical problems, to me that's the first sign of
an alternator ready to go.
Next, I noticed that the oil temperature (on the MFA computer) does
not display for a while, like two minutes until you've begun driving,
but it doesn't sound like that was the scenario.
(I think the guage next to the speedometer is engine temp, not oil
temp-- so I hope you weren't talking about that-- but I could be
wrong).
Anyhow, I would guess it's more to do with your alternator?
-Khan
Khan Klatt khan@mediaaccess.com
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