djg99 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 As the title states the whole unit where the oil warning lights come on is not working!! ive checked for dry joints on the unit and there fine, also put a vault metre over it and its all fine! ive checked the fuse box in the drivers footwell as well as the main one in the engine bay, they are all fine!! any other ideas as to what it could be?? Or could it be just a random electrical fault thats goin to turn into a needle in a haystack!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Have you banged it? Checked all the bulbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 was gona say the oil pressure sensor, but if all the lights on that panel have gone probly the connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 As the title states the whole unit where the oil warning lights come on is not working!! ive checked for dry joints on the unit and there fine, also put a vault metre over it and its all fine! ive checked the fuse box in the drivers footwell as well as the main one in the engine bay, they are all fine!! any other ideas as to what it could be?? Or could it be just a random electrical fault thats goin to turn into a needle in a haystack!! Classic symptom of dry solder joints - just redo the joints and it will be all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richarde7927 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Mine was the same a re-did the joints and its been fine since , Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 To elaborate a litle when you take that little light section out (its a couple of phillips screws holding it in from memory) you'll see a bunch of Lshaped bars going into the circuit board. Its where the bars go into the board that they get detached from the solder joint at the board. A quick dab of a soldering iron and flux should set them back properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djg99 Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Ive got the soldering iron and and re done them but still didn work so got the vault meter out and checked the block coming from the dash, i have no power coming from that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Did you check the voltage at the pins in the connector block or in the wires (i.e. before the connector)? Try using a sharp pin pushed (carefully!) into the wire and checking to see if there is voltage going to the connector. Check between the connector and ground. Since all the wires are switched to ground when the lights are on I would imagine that only one of the wires will actually read +12V. If you don't have +12V on any of the wires then there must be a break or fault deeper inside the dash. If you have +2V on a wire but not at the connector then re-make the connection to that pin. I re-made all the connections on my block because every time I took the dash out that unit would fail to operate unless I wiggled the loom. I also added about 6 inches extra cable length to put less strain on the cables. Its been no bother since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djg99 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 I've put a vault meter over the block in the piture and not getting anything, does this mean i am going to have to take the whole dash off so that i can track the problem? and if so wheres a good place to start?? any ideas, as every other light etc works in the car!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 What do you mean by you've "put a volt meter all over" it? Can you describe exactly what you have checked and how you checked it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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