oil pressure and water temp gauges

jim hensley · 07-21-2016, 12:28 AM

just a comment on gauges. a couple of years ago, I was intrigued by the digital gauges, and I installed a pair of water temp, oil pressure digital electric gauges in my car. they would read fine when the car was idling, but once power was applied, the gauges would go crazy, flickering very fast so you could not read them. I contacted the manufacture and they had no idea what the problem was. I suspected a grounding issue, but rather than fool with it, I put the mechanical gauges back on and problem solved. Still curious what it could have been.

07-21-2016, 12:28 AM	#6
jim hensley Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: columbia tn Posts: 50 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: oil pressure and water temp gauges just a comment on gauges. a couple of years ago, I was intrigued by the digital gauges, and I installed a pair of water temp, oil pressure digital electric gauges in my car. they would read fine when the car was idling, but once power was applied, the gauges would go crazy, flickering very fast so you could not read them. I contacted the manufacture and they had no idea what the problem was. I suspected a grounding issue, but rather than fool with it, I put the mechanical gauges back on and problem solved. Still curious what it could have been.