[Jim Floyer]

Hi,
Just bought this beautiful 2-owner car in Madrid. Had a wonderful 500km drive home in very high temperatures and it performed beautifully.
Yesterday I noticed that the Oil Temp gauge was no longer registering despite taking her for a decent 1-hour run. I have checked the wiring behind the instrument which all looks good. I wonder if someone can just tell me where the sender unit is located on the block/sump so I can check that this is correct too before starting on a more complicated investigation.
Thanks guys,
Jim.

 

[OFRACER]

I am not sure about the Normale, but the Veloce is in the rear drivers (left) side near the bottom of the pan, I would think the Normale would be in the same place.

OFRACER

 

[101/105guy]

It is on the bottom rear of the sump. The3 wire may have come off the sender.
It is quite normal for the temperature to take a very long time to warm up enough to show on the gauge.
and quite normal for 50 year old gauges to be inaccurate......

 

[Jim Floyer]

Thank you both. Just had a look under the car and can see a loose cable. Will get underneath and sort that out later.
I know the oil temp is the least important of the gauges, but it is nice to have everything working.
Regards,
Jim.