Couple of 940 questions - headlights stay on, fuel gadge is pinned

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1993 940T
The headlights stay on when the ignitions switch is turned off.
Is this a relay controlled thing?

The fuel gadge is pinned down below E most of the time.
At one point I looked at it and it was floating a Full.
Any suggestions?

Thanks
hbo
 
me said:
1993 940T
The headlights stay on when the ignitions switch is turned off.
Is this a relay controlled thing?
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It's supposed to happen. If you don't like it replace the switch with
one from France.
The fuel gadge is pinned down below E most of the time.
At one point I looked at it and it was floating a Full.
Any suggestions?
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It's old, they all do that eventually. You could take the dash off
and check all the connections, or you could reset the trip meter
every time you fill up and go fill up again at 400 miles (plenty of
leeway there).
 
I think you have the headlight information incorrect, Groovy. When you switch
the ignition off the headlights should go off as well. You can only select
headlights (dipped or main) with ignition on. With ignition off you should only
be able to use side/tail lights or DRLs ( dimmed/dipped beams and side/tails).

Cheers, Peter.

: : > 1993 940T
: > The headlights stay on when the ignitions switch is turned off.
: > Is this a relay controlled thing?
:
: It's supposed to happen. If you don't like it replace the switch with
: one from France.
:
: >
: > The fuel gadge is pinned down below E most of the time.
: > At one point I looked at it and it was floating a Full.
: > Any suggestions?
:
: It's old, they all do that eventually. You could take the dash off
: and check all the connections, or you could reset the trip meter
: every time you fill up and go fill up again at 400 miles (plenty of
: leeway there).
:
:
:
 
Quite correct Peter, I just didn't read the question properly. Guess I
failed
that exam.
 
I just got this car, it seems to have had an electrical lobotomy of
sorts. When I turn the ignition off the heated seat pilot light stays
on if the switch is on (neither seat works). The courtesy lamp between
the seats in the back seat behind the center console stays on and the
lamp indicator on the dash board stays lit at half brilliance.

Other than that it's in pretty good shape.

Thanks for you input.
 
Sounds like something in that centre console is leaking volts to
the earth. I would take the console out and look for frayed
insulation.
 
groovy said:
It's old, they all do that eventually. You could take the dash off
and check all the connections, or you could reset the trip meter
every time you fill up and go fill up again at 400 miles (plenty of
leeway there).
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Thats ambitious, I get 24MPG (uk), I'm in the reserve at 360miles.
 
Tony Stanley said:
Thats ambitious, I get 24MPG (uk), I'm in the reserve at 360miles.
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Wow. I get 450 normally with 500+ on a long run through France.
 
Just thinking out loud. The door open switch is powered with the
ignition off, this in linked to the light in the centre console. I wonder
if a quick check of the door open switches would be helpful.
 
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