I just bought Ballad nr. 2005 (build i Denmark) and I´m pretty happy with it but it does have some smaller (or bigger) problems that i need to take of.
Some of them are engine/electrical matters and i wan´t to sort these out first.
My problem was at first glance a low oil pressure warning light that illuminates when the engine is at operating temperature and idling. Just a little more revs and it is out. I was a little bit concerned about this when I bought it but not as much as I am with my newly discovered problem.
When the ignition is on the warning light for charging and low oil pressure are also on, but the high temperature light is not. I thought this was okay since that temp lamp doesn´t turn on with the ignition on some engines as far as I know. But now I have discovered that the lamp actually does turn on after some time (maybe when then engine is at operating temp) but so vaguely that I didn´t notice it at first.
I hoped that it was a bad connection around the bulb. I tried to but the wire from the oil pressure sender on instead and then the light was as strong as the other bulbs. Now I´m confused. Should the light be on with the ignition? And is it normal that the temp light is vaguely on at operating temp?
I think the sender is on those that lowers the resistance when temperature rises and a guess that will make the bulp light more and more as the temperature rises but still that sounds wird I think. You know - how many lumens indicates an overheating engine
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Maybe it is a malfunctioning temperature sender? But if this is the case it should still be on while the ignition is on, right? The sender is with one wire only so it just grounds the bulb when temperature is to high - so there must be another ground in "ignition mode" and in this case it can´t be the sender that causes this I think... Maybe I´m wrong.
It should also be mentioned that my buzzer doesn't work either. This is my next problem since I don´t expect this to affect my warning light issue...
My gauge panel consists of the three mentioned warning lights, buzzer, ignition key and then an hour counter.
I don´t know if this or even my questions make sense to you but electrical stuff isn´t where I´m strongest so any help is welcomed.
GRP question coming up when this is solved
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Kind regards
Troels