fuel consumption meter broken on 316

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zigmund
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:45 pm

Hello,

The fuel consumption meter on my 1987 316 carburetter bmw doesnt work anymore. Where and how is fuel consumption measured and what could be the problem ? Tacho doesnt work either , sometimes it comes up for like 5 seconds. Anyone an idea ?


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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:59 pm

Does the speedo work?
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:11 pm

SPADGE wrote:Does the speedo work?
yes speedo works fine
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:32 pm

When you switch the ignition off does the red led service light stay iluminated?
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ucpsale wrote:When you switch the ignition off does the red led service light stay iluminated?
None of those service leds are working , but i think they have been disabled on purpose a couple of years ago.
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:06 pm

Possible that the Varta battery's on the service board have started to leak.
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Yep definatly sounds like an si board fault.
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