Oil gauge and light switch wierd

[epborden]

Well, I found out today when I went to do an oil change on the car that the oil gauge and oil light switch wires had been cut off from the switches, and twisted together.

I bought my Eclipse from a friend, he bought it from a friend, and that friend bought it from an Aunt's son. So its been through a lot of owners recently, not I or my friend or his friend have touched it mechanically in such a way, other than your routine maintenance.

The oil gauge and light don't work, so it led me to the conclusion that they of course need to be replaced. So when I found that the wires were cut and twisted together it just puzzled me. Doesn't seem to be any mods done to the vehicle, so I'm not really sure why this was done. Does anyone know? Is there some strange mod like this?

 

[herovueboi]

My guess is that one of the previous owners had a problem with the light flicking on and off. Instead of fixing the annoying flashing light, he just cut the wiring so that the problem wouldn't be seen. That's my guess since I have never heard of such a modification on a DSM.