A few M42 problems.

[pbr87]

1) Car has somewhat of a lopey idle when it's cold outside. Seems to happen only when the temperature is below 50f.
2) Engine temp needle randomly went up over the halfway point today....and when I checked, the coolant level was below the cold mark when the engine was hot...but I've never had this problem before. Come to think of it, I think the coolant level was this low when I bought the car a few weeks ago. Also, my guage cluster is having problems...could the temp needle be related to this in any way?
3) When I test-drove the car, the front left wheel made a rubbing noise whenever I turned left. Previous owner said it was a camber issue, and the car just needed a wheel alignment. Well....I had a wheel alignment done, and it still makes the rubbing noise.

[BenM]

1) Car has somewhat of a lopey idle when it's cold outside. Seems to happen only when the temperature is below 50f.
2) Engine temp needle randomly went up over the halfway point today....and when I checked, the coolant level was below the cold mark when the engine was hot...but I've never had this problem before. Come to think of it, I think the coolant level was this low when I bought the car a few weeks ago. Also, my guage cluster is having problems...could the temp needle be related to this in any way?
3) When I test-drove the car, the front left wheel made a rubbing noise whenever I turned left. Previous owner said it was a camber issue, and the car just needed a wheel alignment. Well....I had a wheel alignment done, and it still makes the rubbing noise.

1) yes

2) no

3) headlight fluid

[pbr87]

1) yes

2) no

3) headlight fluid

[jrobie79]

i believe there is a grounding screw on the back of the cluster that needs to be tightened to fix the temp needle from bouncing around