Oil Pressure Gauge
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Oil Pressure Gauge
Got everything working in the console, including the old clock. But the only thing I seem to be having an issue with it the oil pressure gauge. When I start car, it goes all the way up. I followed the testing procedures in Wilcox and it showed that it was the sensor. i changed sensor and it does the same thing. Any idea?
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Another [good] possibility that I've run across in the past:
The guy at the parts store sold you an oil pressure sender that is only meant for triggering a dash 'warning' light that oil pressure is low (instead of a 'guage' sending unit). It will always read off-scale 'high' with engine ON and read "zero" pressure with ignition ON and engine OFF (internal switch closed which shorts it to ground).
The guy at the parts store sold you an oil pressure sender that is only meant for triggering a dash 'warning' light that oil pressure is low (instead of a 'guage' sending unit). It will always read off-scale 'high' with engine ON and read "zero" pressure with ignition ON and engine OFF (internal switch closed which shorts it to ground).
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Got everything working in the console, including the old clock. But the only thing I seem to be having an issue with it the oil pressure gauge. When I start car, it goes all the way up. I followed the testing procedures in Wilcox and it showed that it was the sensor. i changed sensor and it does the same thing. Any idea?
Your oil pressure sending unit should look like this.
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Got everything working in the console, including the old clock. But the only thing I seem to be having an issue with it the oil pressure gauge. When I start car, it goes all the way up. I followed the testing procedures in Wilcox and it showed that it was the sensor. i changed sensor and it does the same thing. Any idea?
Anyone have an idea what parts and labor are to replace it?
Thanks, Mike in Athens, AL
Last edited by TomcatMike; Apr 11, 2021 at 01:51 PM. Reason: Left out pertinent info.