Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 19:22:59 +0000 From: Claudius Helpert <claudenopsamnsion.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Weird Fuel Gauge Effect?!
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:30:51 -0800, TimeRangernopsam.com wrote: >On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:57:58 +0000, Claudius Helpert ><claudenopsamnsion.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>I have a 1986 Saab 900 (not turbo), and noted recently a (to me) weird >>and unexplainable effect. >>Each time I step on the brake pedal, the fuel gauge goes down, this >>happens anytime whether idling at a red light or driving along. >>Once I release the pedal the gauge goes up again within a flick. >>The slope of the road does not change it either. >> >>Is this normal ? >>What can cause this? >>The car seems fine to me, I have done a few thousand miles since I >>noted that little flicker on the dashboard. >> >>any ideas? >> >>Claude >> > >Bad ground in a brake light switch/circuit and it is finding ground in >the fuel guage. I had a similar problem with coolant temp guage, and >I found the problem to be a bad ground in the right front running >light/turn indicator. Guage read normal until I turned the lights on, >then the guage would max out. Took me about 12 hours (a few hours >here, a few hours there) to figure it out. Thanks, that seems the problem, had it in the garage for a few days and the problem was gone --> damp somewhere in the cicuits causing the grounding. Claude
