philip77o

Hi, I have a problem on the cluster of my 1986 944 N/A. The "!" signal and the oil gage (on the far right) are flashing/blinking... I don't think it has something to see with the engine cause everything runs smothly... I tried to clean the two ground contact under the steering wheel but it didnt work... could someone help me with this please..

thanks !!

Calmchaos

When do they blink? All the time? After a long drive on a hot day? Are these the only two lights that are on? Did you check the connections to the cluster itself (ribbon cables)? What oil are you using? What does the needle on the gauge read?

philip77o

it blink all the time but sometime it stop for 30 sec.. its not constant its kind of crazy.... the oil needle comes crazy too...

philip77o

and I dont know what kind of oil i am running cause i bought the car 2 weeks ago.. im planning to change it..

xsboost90

did you check to see if you are low on oil?

Calmchaos

Change it now. And check the belts.
You may have a serious oil pressure problem.

BTW. Where are you located?

philip77o

daaaaaamn you guys are scarying me

ok i just bought a can of mobil 1 15W50... is it good for a 20°C - 35°C summer ?
ill order a k&n oil filter since there is no store that carry porsche fitlers around

philip77o

or what is the best between bosh and mahle ?

Calmchaos

A "can" of oil... ??? I don't know what that is but you will need about 6 Qts if it is an n/a.

Get the Mahle filter....

Again please, where are you located?

philip77o

I bought a 5 liter of mobil 1 15W50 (i dont know how many qts it is) btw how much do I put oil ?

Im in Canada, Quebec

philip77o

I found a K&N gold for 14$ is it good or i should stick with mahle ?

Mighty Shilling

if the filter has a spring when you look down inside of it, you're good. there are very few oil filter manufacturers afaik, they just make a bunch and slap different labels on em.

15W50 is great oil. Just put a bunch of it in my turbo today.

Definitely do the oil change. Don't bet that it's the cluster until you know for sure that everything is cool with the oil When you say the gauge is freaky, what do you mean?

Calmchaos

I would stick with the mahle unless you can find the K&N locally.

You need to pour in about 5.6 Qts of oil which is about 5.4 Liters.

philip77o

I don't know... i could get a video of it... it should help..

Calmchaos: are you sure its 5.6 Qts ? I just read somewhere else it's 6.87 Qts...

Porsche Porn

My car did the same thing. The idiot light would blink. I found out the (2) wires coming from the sender were touching and this caused the problem. I took a screw driver and spread the connections apart. That fixed the probles.