Re: E30 Instruments BA

["Brett Anderson" <bretta@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:55:21 EST
>From: SJS41742@domain.elided
>Subject: E30 Instruments
>
>I know this had to be covered before, but I'm a new owner and new
subscriber.
>After buying my 88 325iC the tach, temperature gauge, and gas economy
gauges
>did not work, SI was yellow and red. I disassembled the dash. The SI
batteries
>were previously replaced, one was dead and one okay, so I questioned
whether
>they were installed correctly, so I removed the SI LED. I sprayed all
the
>connectors with contact cleaner and replaced the missing nut on the
back of
>the temperature gauge. The temperature gauge works 90% of the time, the
tach
>about 75% of the time and the gas economy not at all. Since the tach
works
>most of the time, I can't believe that it is related to the SI
batteries. If
>the tach works it continues to work until the ignition is turned off,
if it
>does not work it rarely starts to work until the next trip.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Sid

Sounds like cracked solder joints in the main board.
http://frontpage.bestweb.net/~bretta/e30.board.html



Brett Anderson
BMW and ASE master technician
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