Temp guage "acting strange"

[wee bugger]

1.6D - Been having a browse around to see if anyone has has similar - guage has been working fine until a couple of days ago, but on last couple of journeys either does not work at all, or starts to go up as expected, then drops back to left. Only been doing short 10 minute runs but usually gets fully up to temp by end of journey. Coolant levels are checked regularly etc

Could it simply be the sensor is "stopping working/reached end of life" and getting ready to go out?

[kevtherev]

have you cleaned the connectors to the sensor?

[wee bugger]

yep, sensor and connectors cleaned

[wee bugger]

Went for a run... 5 mins later no movement at all, but nice warm air from heaters. Stopped at lights so I popped the dash cover off and had a feel/prod and nothing... Gave the actual gauge a frustrated whack and voila! Sprung back to life and worked at work now so guess the gauge is gonna get a close looking at tomorrow

[kevtherev]

Ah yes, I should have said ALL the connectors