oil pressure gauge stays maxed out
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From: Jackson,MS
Car: 1991 Firebird, 1997 3000 GT
Engine: V6
Transmission: Auto... 5 speed manual
Axle/Gears: stock
oil pressure gauge stays maxed out
Goes all the way over after starting. Returns ot zero when turned off
Sending unit ??
Motor run OK...
Thanks Ed
Sending unit ??
Motor run OK...
Thanks Ed
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 22
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From: Jackson,MS
Car: 1991 Firebird, 1997 3000 GT
Engine: V6
Transmission: Auto... 5 speed manual
Axle/Gears: stock
Re: oil pressure gauge stays maxed out
Thanks
Was thinking that, myself.
Time to jack it up and breakout the VOM....
Was thinking that, myself.
Time to jack it up and breakout the VOM....
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Re: oil pressure gauge stays maxed out
Sending unit wire is unplugged
Short = 0 on the gauge (same discipline as an idiot light)
Plug the wire back in, most likely won't need the VOM.
Short = 0 on the gauge (same discipline as an idiot light)
Plug the wire back in, most likely won't need the VOM.
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From: Newfoundland, Canada
Car: 1991 Pontiac Trans Am GTA
Engine: V8 305
Transmission: Automatic Transmission
Re: oil pressure gauge stays maxed out
it may be the sending unit too.. pretty cheap to buy new. i had to replace mine last year when the oil pressure guage was all the way to the right.