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As per title really, aint driven the car for a week as I was away. The last two times I turned the ignition on, all of the clocks do a full sweep. Including temp and fuel and the oil pressure. Anybody know what this means?
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Isn't that an earth fault?
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Usually a low battery or crap terminal in my experience.
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Yep that usually indicates a lower than normal cranking voltage. 9 times out of 10, thats a battery on its way out but can also be an earth fault of bad wiring.
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I also had this on mine but never got round to sorting it.
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quite common; its called capacitance------disconnect both battery leads and touch them together, refit them to the battery and that's it.