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01-12-2011, 01:11 AM
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The Mayor
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As the title says, my speedo has a tendency to fluctuate when the car is cold under light throttle, but once it warms up it works fine again, I have already replaced the speedo sender unit and serviced the transmission and it still does it, the car is an AUII forte with auto trans
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appeciated.
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01-12-2011, 11:53 PM
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Bugger!
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Albany, WA
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That's an odd one!
Have you tried the engine and gearbox earths? Perhaps they are a bit loose and make contact when the metal expands?
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02-12-2011, 12:18 AM
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Miami Pilot
 
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Location: ACT
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Spray the inhibitor switch on the side of the gearbox with WD40 or equivalent.
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02-12-2011, 09:57 AM
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
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Do what JC says
when you say speedo sender do you mean transducer? Try an EL transducer, thats what I had to do, I was eating transducers but apparently the EL ones are slightly more hardy in some fashion, if i remember correctly. also check the voltage and health of your alt, they're known to play havoc with guages and what feeds them
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02-12-2011, 12:16 PM
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Walking with God
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Inspecting and Cleaning Auto Transmission Connectors
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03-12-2011, 10:56 AM
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The Mayor
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Location: Perth WA
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An EL transducer? I'll give that a go if all else fails, and the alternator has been replaced with a brand new unit last week as the old one was on the blink so it can't be that. Looks like I'll be looking into the inhibitor switch and earths then, cheers fellas
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05-12-2011, 10:49 AM
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
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aha i knew it'd have to do with your alt in some way
it seems that sometimes when your alt is on its way out it likes to annoy your transducer so i'd say the damage has already been done, getting a new transducer is possibly the way to fix it once and for all
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06-12-2011, 12:11 AM
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Bugger!
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Mate there's a spare transducer at my house; you're welcome to try it if you like, since you're in Perth.....i
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13-12-2011, 11:52 PM
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The Mayor
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Perth WA
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Well it's still doing it, looks like I'll be hunting down a replacement transducer during my holidays
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Speedo fluctuates when car is cold
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