Audi 80 B4 mileometer not working

pimpdriver · 25-03-11, 07:13 PM

Probably not electrical, but the mileometer (trip and odometer) don't work.

Common problem.

Easy fix?

Ben · 25-03-11, 07:40 PM

Hit it, twice maybe.

pimpdriver · 25-03-11, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

Hit it, twice maybe.

That is a typ44 speedo fix!!!

kully · 26-03-11, 08:00 AM

take the clocks out and spray electrical contact spray on the connections, or slap the top of the dash hard, is it a tdi or petrol?

type81 · 26-03-11, 12:26 PM

press the trip reset thingy a few times

msh · 26-03-11, 12:48 PM

Nothing of the above will work

Sorry pimp, it's common problem but there's no easy fix

In these speedometers there's several plastic gears and one of them - the smallest one, of course, is prone to break one tooth. Solution - instrument cluster replacement [I guess most common fix here], just speedo clock replacement or, if there's spare gear [and I guess you don't have one] available, it's possible to change it, but it's troublesome, because arrow usually can't be removed - I've done this twice - fixed one B3's odometer with gear from my former speedometer [it's electronics malfunctioned], and one B4 - with gear from C3 "new" speedometer - luckily that small gear was identical, because everything else was not

And in order to fix that B4 odometer, I had to cut off one not very needed mount with hot knife because otherwise it wasn't possible to open it enough...

25-03-11, 07:40 PM	#2
Ben 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stockport Posts: 2,348	Hit it, twice maybe. __________________ 1992 80 quattro 20vt

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26-03-11, 08:00 AM	#4
kully Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Walsall Posts: 942	take the clocks out and spray electrical contact spray on the connections, or slap the top of the dash hard, is it a tdi or petrol?

26-03-11, 12:26 PM	#5
type81 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: manchester Posts: 1,691	press the trip reset thingy a few times

26-03-11, 12:48 PM	#6
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Nothing of the above will work Sorry pimp, it's common problem but there's no easy fix In these speedometers there's several plastic gears and one of them - the smallest one, of course, is prone to break one tooth. Solution - instrument cluster replacement [I guess most common fix here], just speedo clock replacement or, if there's spare gear [and I guess you don't have one] available, it's possible to change it, but it's troublesome, because arrow usually can't be removed - I've done this twice - fixed one B3's odometer with gear from my former speedometer [it's electronics malfunctioned], and one B4 - with gear from C3 "new" speedometer - luckily that small gear was identical, because everything else was not And in order to fix that B4 odometer, I had to cut off one not very needed mount with hot knife because otherwise it wasn't possible to open it enough...