Oil Pressure Gauge Issue
#1
Posted 06-27-2011 11:25 AM
#2
Posted 06-27-2011 01:41 PM
#3
Posted 06-27-2011 03:05 PM
#4
Posted 06-27-2011 03:09 PM
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#5
Posted 06-27-2011 03:18 PM
They're much happier with a remote mount.
Steven Holloway
Artist formerly known as Chief Whipping Boy for Lone Star Region
#6
Posted 06-27-2011 03:51 PM
It looks like the gauge is bad. The move-stop-move of the needle points (pun intended) me towards a bad gauge.
How would you suggest checking a gauge without being able to swap to a known good spare? I've got access to a variable DC power supply so I can ramp voltage to test the gauge but most folks may not. Is there a low buck way, alkaline battery perhaps, that folks could use to test the gauge?
#7
Posted 06-27-2011 04:18 PM
So I just went out to rethink what it will be like to get the sensor out and in. When I grabbed the wire going to the sensor the nut is loose. I tightened the nut finger tight, started the car and the problem went away. The indication is stable from the start with a much shorter swing with engine revs and does not swing or pulse way over to the right. Unfortunately it came back after running for a little while. So maybe sensor/sensor connection is messed up. Bounced, rumble stripped and vibrated like it's on a race car.
#8
Posted 07-05-2011 05:27 AM
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