My temp guage goes up and down as I drive.....like all the way down...a.nd back to normal...it never goes up as in over heating...but I'm trippin on what co uld be causing this??

My speedo like "twitches" when down shifting around 30-45mph........like I can be in 4th down shift and coast and it flickers........

Any ideas??

92- CIvic Hatch VX, stock guage cluster...

 

have you recently done anything to the car? or did this just happen all of a sudden for no reason?

 

the temp gague could be the thermostat, and the speedo could be the vss.
but check your wiring first, and like jwn said, did you install anything?

 

Gauge cluster could be frieing not sure..but if your temp gauge is off or messing up check your thermostat.

 

My Nissan did the exact same thing.. then the Speedo melted, and fell off when I was driving.. was kind of funny. The chassis ground from the battery came loose, so the battery was only grounded to the engine.. well it found it's other ground through the speedo. Don't know if it would do the same in a civic, but worth a check. Otherwise I would guess it's both the VSS and the Thermostat..

 

it has to be your thermo, cause the same crap happened in my 95 civic a few years back and i replaced the thermo and it was fine, how many miles do you have on the car, i had about 112000 when i replaced mine

 

That happened to me when my battery started dying after I left my lights on.
Had the shiet charged and problem solved.

 

need more info about the problem change ur thermostat and get ahold of another cluster and try it it will cut down on the pain in the *** of thinking so much lol

 

nothing installed lately.....car has 182k on it but motor has like 75k...its a DOHC ZC...

The temp guage goes up and down when I gun it or corners....could be the guage cluster itsself, but not sure....thermo stuck open?? it takes forever to heat up........what kinda thermo do you guys recomment....I do need a new radiator cuz the cap don't close too well...., but it does close.......

the car runs fine, but I'm just trying to make sure its not anything that will cause problems later down the road....

 

probably a bad ground....but i would change thermostat just to be sure!!!

 

I'll see what I can do this weekend??

What grounds should I check???

 

ur gauge cluster is trippen cause ur speed sensor is trippin out
change it

 

hmmm, so the VSS trippin would make my temp guage trip too??

 

well mines aint trippin, but it sho iz TRIFLIN.

damn triflin *** clustaz yoh, just make a ***** wanna go out and get crunk, fo sho!

 

what don't like my ebonics?? hehe....I can speak properly, but what fo?? yo know?? lolz

DON"T HATE just fix my ****!! haha

Nah t hanks for all the reply's guys, I'll see what I can diagnose this weekend.....is there anyway to clean the VSS?? or something.....hmmm, hopefully I don't need a new cluster!! EG6 here I COME!!

 

hahaha...i had to post that...mad funny.

 

 

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well does the gauge trip out on idle?

or does the gauge go down when the car is in motion?

if ur speedo (the mph and the rpm) is trippin out its the VSS

but its normal for the temp to go down when ur driving, and come back up when u make a stop and its on idle

 

the temp goes all the way down to cold and up to normal as I drive.....

the flutuating of the speedo only happens when off the trottle and from 30-50mph

the tach is fine!

 

My speedo bounced around one time. It turn out to be a loose wire on the alternator.