flashing hourglass
 

Who knows what the flashing hourglass means on the Yamaha gas gauge?

It would seam that you are overdue for service on your cart or whoever did your last service did no reset the gauge. Basically it is a hour meter that should be reset at time of service.

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Sorry I forgot my post. the hourglass has been flashing since I bought it brand new a few months ago. The cart is a 2014 and had 1 hour on it when I purchased it so the answer provided doesn't hold water. Any other guesses? Or any experts on Yamaha kow the answer?

Take the battery terminal off for 10 seconds and see if the hour glass stops blinking.

Mine only blinks when the cart is moving. I thought it meant it was adding time to the total hours being accumulated.

I believe that is correct

Google is your friend: This might be a partial clue

Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Specialty Vehicles Vehicles- Personal Security Vehicle
"Fuel Gauge/Hour Meter
A patrolman’s best friend, this dash mounted analog fuel gauge features a large, easy to read face and comes complete with a digital hour meter to log vehicle running time."

Now what I did not locate is what is the utility of logging run time? Perhaps a call to the sales department where you bought the cart can educate all of us. Also not clear is where do you get the actual running time as opposed to the hour glass suggesting that it is being recorded somewhere.

That is correct. When you stop it stops blinking.