oil change now no odometer

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by keroom, Mar 2, 2006.

  1. keroom

    keroom Guest

    My '92 SL1 odometer quit working (189,000) immediately after a Jiffy
    Lube oil change. As a matter of fact the new window sticker they put
    on is exactly 3000 mi more that what my now defunct odometer shows,
    which tells me something happened during the oil change. I took it back
    once I noticed the problem, but naturally they didn't see anything
    wrong. Anybody know what could have occured?


    Keith
     
    keroom, Mar 2, 2006
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  2. keroom

    Jim Karlin Guest

    Is the speedometer working? I would think that the two were closely
    related. Other than that, I'm clueless here. Hope I was able to help
    some.
     
    Jim Karlin, Mar 3, 2006
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  3. keroom

    keroom Guest

    The speedometer is working fine. The trip counter isn't working either
    for that matter.

    Keith
     
    keroom, Mar 4, 2006
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  4. keroom

    marx404 Guest

    most likely nothing that Jiffy Lube did, more of an inherent issue with some
    '92 and '92 S-series. There is a tiny gear which drives both the trio
    counter and odo that commonly breaks. Its a complicated and often expensive
    repair.

    If you do have the gear replaced, make sure you do it immediately and keep
    track of any nileage in between. Make sure the repair is done by a qualified
    shop and the mileage verified and signed off by the shop.

    marx404
     
    marx404, Mar 4, 2006
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  5. The sticker JiffyLube puts on your windshield is the mlleage you should
    bring the car back for the 3,000 mi oil change, not the mileage you did
    the oil change.
     
    Elaine again ^,,^, Mar 10, 2006
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    sdowney717 Guest

    I had this happen to a 92 buick roadmaster. The speedometer worked and
    the odometer and trip odometer did not. The fix was this,

    Take the gauge cluster out of the dash
    paint the terminals with PB Blaster rust buster
    (which also cleans off any corrosion on the pins)
    My setup was modular, each component plugged in.

    Been working fine since i did this, my problem was a poor electrical
    connection to the gauge cluster.
    It is possible as well that a poor connection exists where the
    odometers plug into the circuit board. One reason I suspected a poor
    connection was before they went out completely, they would occasionally
    run backwards!
     
    sdowney717, Apr 1, 2006
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