Needles

[schnitz]

I was doing 80mph 2 days ago on the motorway when suddenly all the needles in the gauge cluster dropped for a fraction of a second and it not only happened once but around 5 times and then it went away. weird thing was there was no drop in power or even anything. it just looked like I turned the ignition off and on again before the needles went haflway down to zero. It happend again yesterday under the same circumstances and then it went away again. Have anyone experienced this before and if so how'd you fix it. thanks in advance

[Furious]

your gauge pod is starting to go defective you may need a whole new one. however if you can live with the problem for now then do so, i have personally lived with it for a half year now and ive gotten use to it. the damn thing stays on more than off.

[///M Power]

LOL yes it is a bit disturbign to soemtimes see my gas gauge needle pointing straigt down...but i can live with it.

[schnitz]

Thanks guys. I'm relieved to know that it's nothing major.

[Furious]

well it can be if it shuts off for a good period of time and your unaware of your gas level, and you could have the outside chance of overheating and not knowing it.

[eloff19]

my question is about my needles being off....i was oon a trip, and my friend was following, for a while i was cruising at 90 (on the speedo) i called him and he said his car said 80...i hit reset on the speed on the obc and it said something like 85...its not off this much through the whole range but i have the performance package 16's on my car, would that be the reason?

[007ben]

yeah. that would be why yer off. the tires being diffrent can/will do that.

[///M Power]

It cannot, because they are still in overall view the same size as the stock one, especially considering yours are stock also. Chances are your OBC, and most others, Is stupid. they are not as accurate, just check the spedometer u lazy bum

[eloff19]

Originally posted by ///M Power@Feb 24 2004, 02:02 AM
It cannot, because they are still in overall view the same size as the stock one, especially considering yours are stock also. Chances are your OBC, and most others, Is stupid. they are not as accurate, just check the spedometer u lazy bum

haha well my point with the obc was that it showed a different reading than my speedometer (which i happen to like looking at better anyway...)

[007ben]

get a GPS and see what it says and compare between the diffrent readings.

[mak2204]

I had a similar problem to this...
I drive a BMW E36 320i L (1994) 75000miles
I noticed afew months back when driving at around 40-45mph steady speed and no ramps in the road, that all my needles starting flicking for a brief second. Very strange no drop in power or anything. Its like there is a serge of some kind which made them flicker. I have noticed it more now. when it does flicker it does it like 5 or 6 times & sorts it's self out.
SO THIS ISNT A MAJOR PROBLEM I AM ASSUMING FROM THIS FORUM...
I need to be sure of this as I am giving my car in for gas conversion.

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MAK

[-pimpin328is-]

Originally posted by mak2204+Apr 6 2005, 04:59 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mak2204 @ Apr 6 2005, 04:59 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I had a similar problem to this...
I drive a BMW E36 320i L (1994) 75000miles
I noticed afew months back when driving at around 40-45mph steady speed and no ramps in the road, that all my needles starting flicking for a brief second. Very strange no drop in power or anything. Its like there is a serge of some kind which made them flicker. I have noticed it more now. when it does flicker it does it like 5 or 6 times & sorts it's self out.
SO THIS ISNT A MAJOR PROBLEM I AM ASSUMING FROM THIS FORUM...
I need to be sure of this as I am giving my car in for gas conversion.

Please reply
MAK

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your gauge pod is starting to go defective you may need a whole new one. however if you can live with the problem for now then do so, i have personally lived with it for a half year now and ive gotten use to it. the damn thing stays on more than off.

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[mak2204]

Originally Posted by Furious,Feb 21 2004, 08:09 AM

your gauge pod is starting to go defective you may need a whole new one. however if you can live with the problem for now then do so, i have personally lived with it for a half year now and ive gotten use to it. the damn thing stays on more than off.

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Does any one know how much this would cost... and what the part looks like, is it easy to change.
MAK

[Furious]

i did a DIY on how to change the cluster, the part isnt expensive, the only thing you need to do is take it to BMW so they can covert your data onto the new cluster. really easy to do