Oil pressure gauge flipping out.......

sweetwaterbroncoII · Dec 26, 2008

My oil pressure gauge keeps going from normal to low normal to low normal to low.....could the gauge just be going bad...I have bought an aftermarket gauge to install, but I was just curious if the factory ones go bad?

Ranger Sport Honduras · Dec 26, 2008

maybe is not the gauge, maybe the sender unit, i have some issues with mine too, it goes dead when the truck is cold, once the engine warms it works fine. check your sender unit first

sweetwaterbroncoII · Dec 26, 2008

True...I was just curios, I'm replacing it this weekend!

COPPERHEAD85 · Dec 26, 2008

did you get a manual gauge?
if so pick up some plastic wire loom to run the line thru.

sweetwaterbroncoII · Dec 26, 2008

Yeah I got a manual gauge...but I also bought copper tubing so I won't have to use the plastic tubing....do I still need the plastic wire loom?

Wicked_Sludge · Dec 26, 2008

you dont need wire loom for either, it just makes it look nicer.

COPPERHEAD85 · Dec 26, 2008

and protects the line from getting a hole rubbed in it (insurance).
don't like the copper line,Ive used the plastic line for more than 20 years in almost as many vehicles with no trouble.

sweetwaterbroncoII · Dec 26, 2008

I heard that the plastic line could melt....is that a common problem?

Wicked_Sludge · Dec 26, 2008

only if you let it lay on your exhuast manifold :icon_thumby:

sweetwaterbroncoII · Dec 26, 2008

Cool...I understand!

Ranger Sport Honduras · Dec 26, 2008

once i used a oil pressure gauge but mine was electric i just replaced the bulb with the needle gauges bulb and connectedthe wire, its easier to do

Jspafford · Dec 26, 2008

ranger sport honduras said:
once i used a oil pressure gauge but mine was electric i just replaced the bulb with the needle gauges bulb and connectedthe wire, its easier to do

Easier to do, but you essentially have the same guage as the stock unit. If I can have a mechanical unit, I would much rather use it than have an electrical sensor telling me what it thinks the pressure is.

I put in a mechanical guage with the plastic tubing over 2 years ago and it's still working fine.

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