So after deciding we are going to keep the C2 Cab COVID project car.....
I cannot live with the oil level check failure every time I start the car. Its the only thing left to solve after we replaced almost every other module on the car in the last 6 months. I have had a lot of advice from a number of people on the forum and read everything I think there is out there about this issue. At one point it seems that there were a number of companies who could refurb the cluster, but it transpired that was only replacing the LCD screens and nothing to do with the firmware etc.
Loads of articles about this most with no conclusion and conflicting information. The sensor is a 'b******* to get to but we checked all wiring front to back when the interior was all out. Full continuity and there is definitely resistance on the cable when ignition on etc.
Apart from the Oil Level Check Failure the cluster work perfectly. Onboard computer, lights dials functions cruise etc. PIWIS II does not show any cluster errors either.
I am not really worried about the oil level as this 996.2 C2 has a dipstick so good old fashioned checking is the order of the day. Just the fact it is a fault and annoys me. There is not a lot of information about what happens inside the cluster with the analog sensor signal. The connections do not go through the DME or other systems just straight into the cluster. There is full continuity on the wiring.
If I do decide to remove it and I can find a similar cluster at a reasonable price to replace it with and assuming that solves the problem then are there any other modifications that have emerged over the past 18 years that are worth doing to the cluster?
Are there firmware upgrades etc. That modders have released. One of the things I do struggle with is the brightness of the displays. Very hard to read in daylight/Sunlight. They are turned up to max or maybe there is some setting I am missing somewhere. But feels like they need the brightness turning up.
EDIT: Does anyone know if a C2 & C4 cluster are interchangeable/ I have a 2002 C2 Tip Cab and one I have found if from a 2002 C4 Tip Cab. It has a lot more mileage than my low mileage car so not sure how that can be resolved. Don't think my PIWIS II system can change the odometer reading.
As always any advice appreciated. There will be much request for advice/opinion on many things now we are keeping this one.
Cheers
Spart
I cannot live with the oil level check failure every time I start the car. Its the only thing left to solve after we replaced almost every other module on the car in the last 6 months. I have had a lot of advice from a number of people on the forum and read everything I think there is out there about this issue. At one point it seems that there were a number of companies who could refurb the cluster, but it transpired that was only replacing the LCD screens and nothing to do with the firmware etc.
Loads of articles about this most with no conclusion and conflicting information. The sensor is a 'b******* to get to but we checked all wiring front to back when the interior was all out. Full continuity and there is definitely resistance on the cable when ignition on etc.
Apart from the Oil Level Check Failure the cluster work perfectly. Onboard computer, lights dials functions cruise etc. PIWIS II does not show any cluster errors either.
I am not really worried about the oil level as this 996.2 C2 has a dipstick so good old fashioned checking is the order of the day. Just the fact it is a fault and annoys me. There is not a lot of information about what happens inside the cluster with the analog sensor signal. The connections do not go through the DME or other systems just straight into the cluster. There is full continuity on the wiring.
If I do decide to remove it and I can find a similar cluster at a reasonable price to replace it with and assuming that solves the problem then are there any other modifications that have emerged over the past 18 years that are worth doing to the cluster?
Are there firmware upgrades etc. That modders have released. One of the things I do struggle with is the brightness of the displays. Very hard to read in daylight/Sunlight. They are turned up to max or maybe there is some setting I am missing somewhere. But feels like they need the brightness turning up.
EDIT: Does anyone know if a C2 & C4 cluster are interchangeable/ I have a 2002 C2 Tip Cab and one I have found if from a 2002 C4 Tip Cab. It has a lot more mileage than my low mileage car so not sure how that can be resolved. Don't think my PIWIS II system can change the odometer reading.
As always any advice appreciated. There will be much request for advice/opinion on many things now we are keeping this one.
Cheers
Spart