Oil Pressure Gauge

[project96]

I'm pretty sure I have oil pressure but the needle on my oil pressure gauge just sits all the way to the right. Is there a way to check oil pressure without an oil pressure gauge? What else would cause my gauge to be funky. I do have a brand new oil pressure switch though. Could it possibly be just the gauge that's wrecked?

 

[blueflamed03]

mechanical gauge direct from port on back of the intake. bet it's out.

 

[project96]

K this is gunna be a Noob question. But are you talking about the sending unit on the back of the block? The one that looks like this:



Or are you talking about something totally different? I looked on the back of the I/M and couldn't find anything that was off. What do you mean by "it's out"??

 

[road1will]

I'm not sure if there is a place to easily hook up an oil pressure gauge. In the past i've used one of those sandwich plates that goes on between the oil filter and the block that has a couple of ports. You can just put an oil pressure and oil temp sensor in there and hook your gauges up to that. It is probably the easiest solution if you want a permanent oil pressure gauge.

 

[blueflamed03]

yes, I bet you need a new sending unit. (I keep thinking old skool)

 

[project96]

I'm not sure if there is a place to easily hook up an oil pressure gauge. In the past i've used one of those sandwich plates that goes on between the oil filter and the block that has a couple of ports. You can just put an oil pressure and oil temp sensor in there and hook your gauges up to that. It is probably the easiest solution if you want a permanent oil pressure gauge.

Your right about hooking up the oil pressure gauge, I have to remove the Dist. to get at the sending unit.

yes, I bet you need a new sending unit. (I keep thinking old skool)

There is a brand new sending unit in it at the moment...


I think I'll just have to check for oil pressure the hard way, and if I do have pressure then its probably a bad gauge right? Does the gauge work off vacuum by any chance?

 

[project96]

Problem solved! It was the 'Brand New' sending unit. It was defective, one of the pins was pushed in. Swapped it for another one today and BAM! Oil Pressure!! Thanks for all the help!!

 

[blueflamed03]

sweet. Even though sometimes new, new ones can be bad. Found that in several distributor modules recently.

 

[project96]

I didn't know buying something New could stress me out so much!! haha