Odometer not working
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v8s4me said:
Welcome to the wonderful world of S ownership. Has your speedo stopped working now the weather has got colder? 
Interesting you say that - mine never works when cold - but after a few miles it starts to come to life (needle flickers up and down) and eventually works properly.Barkychoc said:
v8s4me said:
Welcome to the wonderful world of S ownership. Has your speedo stopped working now the weather has got colder?
Interesting you say that - mine never works when cold - but after a few miles it starts to come to life (needle flickers up and down) and eventually works properly.
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It's probably not the sender ( I replaced mine and it still does it). My view is it's down to the oil in the gear box. When I had ATF in there for a while it worked when cold. Now I've semi-synthetic back in it's back to normal. I don’t think there is any point in trying to figure out why, it’s just another one of those little quirks they have.
v8s4me said:
It's probably not the sender ( I replaced mine and it still does it). My view is it's down to the oil in the gear box. When I had ATF in there for a while it worked when cold. Now I've semi-synthetic back in it's back to normal. I don’t think there is any point in trying to figure out why, it’s just another one of those little quirks they have.
Its the speedo - probably a bit of crap electronic design means something has got a bit fried. Not unusual for electronics to suffer temperature related issues. The speedo electronics are really crap with loads of bodgery so I'm not surprised.
I'm going to treat myself to a new speedo - see the top of the griff forum.
I had this problem on my chimaera - apparently a common thing with them but this is the 1st time I've heard about it on an S. If tapping the speedo doesn't work deliberately drive over some cats eyes for a bit, always worked for me, just make sure there's nothing coming the other way first!
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