hi everyone,
experiencing something weird on my 97 td jetta:
all of a sudden, tha tach meter went to zero while driving. at the same time, the oil pressure warning light came flashing on. That pressure light dosn't come from the pressure switch: I checked it...
I alos noticed a lightly glowing battery charge indication.
Would all those symptoms came from one same problem? Anyone has a hint?
Thanks,
Steph
Very strange indeed. The oil pressure indicator malfunction would be what I'd troubleshoot first , after checking a few things like oil level - alt. belt tension
- battery fluid level . For the oil light to come on and the tach to stop at the same time very weird. Maybe that voltage regulator ( transistor ) on the back of the speedometer cluster if the 97 has one . Good luck
>hint, hint... I know the answer!
It's probably a bad ground cable between the battery and the engine block. Or a bad ignition switch ...
I did a google search on your symptoms . you are not the only one who has had this happen. Several posters found the alt. belt loose and one fixed his by whacking the alt. with 18 mm spanner. Yikes
nope!
thanks... I finally found bad alternator... all came from there... thanks everyone
Isnt the tach on a Diesel driven off the alternator? that bit makes sense. I can't explain the oil light.
nate
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