Any tips on how to trouble shoot my oil pressure gage on my 1989 Camaro RS 305 5.0L engine. It working before untile I was missing with the dash pannel and didnt disconnect the battery when trying to intall oil pressure gage back to its position when a spark and smoke appear.

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There is a reason why you disconnect the batt when playing with the electricsOriginally Posted by al1989
Any tips on how to trouble shoot my oil pressure gage on my 1989 Camaro RS 305 5.0L engine. It working before untile I was missing with the dash pannel and didnt disconnect the battery when trying to intall oil pressure gage back to its position when a spark and smoke appear.
A small short can zap you computer.
In your case you may have blown the gauge , disconnect the wire at the OP sender on the engine and touch it to ground it to see if gauge needle moves
Ok I purchase a oil pressure switch and replace it and the gagae still dosent read when you idle give move oil pressure I do notic when I start the car gage jumps and slowly drops were it stays what now?
You will probably have to go to the bone yard and get a different gauge.




