WHen iwas installing my other tranny, i didnt ground the starter properly to the car and it created a short that burnt out my SS clutch line. Ever since that day my oil temp gauge when the car is off is below 0. As if it were broken. Then when i start the car the oil pressure is way above 60 and is maxed out. Now i was told i may have put a lil too much oil so i took it out and started the car again.



The slightest touch to the throttle cuases the oil pressure to go all the way up. Now if its broken which i beleive it is, is there a way to just fix the oil guage without replacing the entire cluster?



Thanks Jason

 

You may be able to just put a resistor in the line to lower the voltage coming from the sensor. IDK. I would put a voltmeter on the sensor wire to see if its still sending the correct voltage, if so, then put a pot on it and see if you can get the needle to go down manually, then just calibrate it with an external OP gauge.

 

Mine did that... then it blew up and reads about half the actual Pressure, i changed my oil pressure sending unit, and that kind of fixed it, but I am pretty sure it is the gauge that blew.

 

that guage is seperate in the cluster, seems like you can get a cluster from ebay for about $20...

 

stock gauges aren't anywhere near accurate though, are they?



I like the aftermarket option best when something like that breaks.

 

The main issue here is the location. Very pore if you ask me. The sender unit is subdued to oil leaking on it dirt and grim sticking to the sender and causing a pore connection. It is a good practice to pull the wire off and clean it and the sender.



I do not know why you woulda killed your gauge from what you did. It is not that accurate anyways. For any real performance applications an aftermarket 3/4th sweep gauge is recommended.

 

[quote name='jefraney' date='Sep 4 2005, 09:59 PM']You may be able to just put a resistor in the line to lower the voltage coming from the sensor. IDK. I would put a voltmeter on the sensor wire to see if its still sending the correct voltage, if so, then put a pot on it and see if you can get the needle to go down manually, then just calibrate it with an external OP gauge.


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lOST sorry



[quote name='iceblue' date='Sep 5 2005, 02:01 PM']The main issue here is the location. Very pore if you ask me. The sender unit is subdued to oil leaking on it dirt and grim sticking to the sender and causing a pore connection. It is a good practice to pull the wire off and clean it and the sender.



I do not know why you woulda killed your gauge from what you did. It is not that accurate anyways. For any real performance applications an aftermarket 3/4th sweep gauge is recommended.


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Well that was the only thing i remember that could of led to this problem. Since before this it was working fine. After that short the gauge is messed up.



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