help please

hi guys,

just purchased my first volvo 440, its a 1996 auto with 106 thousand on the clock!

two problems and i hope you can help!!!

firstly my temp gauge doesnt work at all, can this be easily rectified?

and secondly one of my doors is off the central lockin now my mum had one years ago and i remember a way to reset the central lockin system or was that only for the boot?

please help regards

roo

p.s anyone know where i can get a front fog light cheap in glasgow???cheers

[alsner]

Temp gauge could be a faulty gauge itself (remove dash and replace) or the wiring could have come off the engine block process of elimination I'm afraid, but normally an easy-ish fix.

Can't help you with the cental locking, mine sometimes trips out on my 745 but after re-shutting the door and unlocking and then re-locking it sorts itself out (usually the rear offside door for me).

Investing in a haynes manual is a good idea, not "always" helpful but can give you a good idea of whats going on.

ALi

The central lock could be one of a number of things

1.Try removing the door card and spraying some WD40 (or similar over the actuator)

2. The pressure pipe could be off or degraded (depends on model of central locking)

3. the actuator itself could be faulty or not powerful enough to take the lock or been disconnected.

The temp gauge could be externally faulty and not inside the car. try removing the sensor/connection to the thermostat see if you can earth it if this doesn't work then either the voltage stabiliser is faulty or the entire gauge is faulty.

As for the fog light give Salvo a ring

Hi there is a red 480 in scrapyard in Muirhead just after the big roundabout at end of stepps bypass.