defever
08-02-2014, 08:24 PM
Hello people,
I bought VCDS-LITE very recently and I've been playing around with it in amazement (and for amusement)!
One of the things I wanted to fix was the instrument cluster needles (tachometer, coolant temp gauge, fuel gauge and speedometer); when I got the car last year I wanted to repair the pixelated DIS LCD display using the "tape" method (no it didn't work), and to get to the LCD, the needles needed to come off. When I reassembled the cluster I was being very careful to put them where I thought they should be, but I wasn't really sure of myself.
SO! With the VCDS-LITE, I went to "INSTRUMENTS" (no faults, hoorah), then "OUTPUT TEST" option to sweep the needles. At the end of sweeping process, the needles are pre-set to stop at following places:
Tachometer: 3000 RPM
Coolant temp gauge: 90°C
Fuel gauge: 1/2
Speedo: 100km/h (Germans, I guess)
Mine was bit off:
23575
So, I took out the cluster (there are loads of "how to" on removing the instrument cluster, just Google it), got the outer casing out, took the needles out and placed back on VERY LIGHTLY. And then I carefully placed the naked cluster on the dash and connected the cables to run the VCDS again.
Ran the "OUTPUT TEST" over an over to physically place the needle to where they should be (as above) and secured the needles when I was satisfied with their positions.
Outcome:
23574
Not perfect (in fact, they haven't improved much!), but I now know they are closer to the ideal positions. And I feel like I've done a geeky DIY.
I hope this helps another hopeless soul out there...
Thanks for reading!
I bought VCDS-LITE very recently and I've been playing around with it in amazement (and for amusement)!
One of the things I wanted to fix was the instrument cluster needles (tachometer, coolant temp gauge, fuel gauge and speedometer); when I got the car last year I wanted to repair the pixelated DIS LCD display using the "tape" method (no it didn't work), and to get to the LCD, the needles needed to come off. When I reassembled the cluster I was being very careful to put them where I thought they should be, but I wasn't really sure of myself.
SO! With the VCDS-LITE, I went to "INSTRUMENTS" (no faults, hoorah), then "OUTPUT TEST" option to sweep the needles. At the end of sweeping process, the needles are pre-set to stop at following places:
Tachometer: 3000 RPM
Coolant temp gauge: 90°C
Fuel gauge: 1/2
Speedo: 100km/h (Germans, I guess)
Mine was bit off:
23575
So, I took out the cluster (there are loads of "how to" on removing the instrument cluster, just Google it), got the outer casing out, took the needles out and placed back on VERY LIGHTLY. And then I carefully placed the naked cluster on the dash and connected the cables to run the VCDS again.
Ran the "OUTPUT TEST" over an over to physically place the needle to where they should be (as above) and secured the needles when I was satisfied with their positions.
Outcome:
23574
Not perfect (in fact, they haven't improved much!), but I now know they are closer to the ideal positions. And I feel like I've done a geeky DIY.
I hope this helps another hopeless soul out there...
Thanks for reading!