Here's the deal: I've been having problems with my instrument panel for about the past year (it seems worse when its colder). At first, the speedo would drop to zero for a few minutes in the middle of a drive, or the tach would stay at zero for a minute after I started the car. Then, probably around last winter, I started having trouble with the temp. gauge. It got to the point where it would barely work at all (flicking the dash would make the needle jump for a couple seconds, and then it would die again).
I took apart the instrument panel to look for any problems, and didn't find any. No traces on any PCB that needed resoldered, no capacitors that looked burned out (I don't know if this applies to E30s or not, but I've heard of E34s with that problem), no loose wires, etc. Also, all the connectors were clean, no corrosion...
When I put it all back together, I haven't had any problems with the temp. gauge, but now the speedo stops working much more frequently, and the idiot lights on the bottom of the panel don't go off until the engine is revved past 1k RPM. Any ideas?
I took apart the instrument panel to look for any problems, and didn't find any. No traces on any PCB that needed resoldered, no capacitors that looked burned out (I don't know if this applies to E30s or not, but I've heard of E34s with that problem), no loose wires, etc. Also, all the connectors were clean, no corrosion...
When I put it all back together, I haven't had any problems with the temp. gauge, but now the speedo stops working much more frequently, and the idiot lights on the bottom of the panel don't go off until the engine is revved past 1k RPM. Any ideas?
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