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Join Date: May 2007
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Oil Pressure Gauge
Guys,
I've been watching my oil pressure gauge during startup. When I first turn the key and start cranking, gauge bounces to 80 then bounces back towards 0, and then settles to operating pressure. Is this commonnor is it something to be concerned with? |
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
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08-14-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Okay, this is a bit embarrassing but I watch my gauge like a hawk every time I start my car.....and no the gauge is at zero till the psi comes up. It doesn't even flicker when I turn the key to the "on" position.
I would suspect the sender maybe at fault? Or if the harness section for the senders has a grounding issue? What does the oil temp behave like at start?  Tom
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
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The bouncing ONLY occurs at startup. I crank the motor, needle sweeps to 80, then sweeps back down, then back to 80. Once running and cruising it is fine and registers proper pressure which is usually right at 60psi. Could this have anything to do with the Oil Filter? I am using a silver Fram TG |
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08-15-2011
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Time to change the oil sending unit.
It's common in some ZR-1's I had this a couple FBI Z's had this issue i was one of them. It's cheap and worth to eliminate the sensor. I have the tool if you need to change it. Pete
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08-15-2011
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Pete,
Thanks for that. Sounds like it's the sensor then. I'll pick one up and work the swap into my fall oil change in October. |
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No its time to replace the oil sending unit next to the oil filter housing and this is not normal. You will need a special very deep socket. Also depending upon replacement Neifoff etc the unit may be a different size than the one being removed. That has been my experience on my car. GC
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08-15-2011
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Hamilton, Va.
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Just curious guys, I noticed mine acting up the last time I took it to the drag strip. It would indicate pressure and then slowly ( about 5 seconds ) move to 0. The car was running and idle was fine. I decided not to chance it and did not run again after this occurred. Started the car back up everything was fine as if nothing happened. Has been fine ever since. I wondered if it could be a sending unit . Any thoughts. It is currently working perfectly
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
They're cheap enough, and AZone will lend you the socket, free of charge. Can't beat that. I would want to make sure as I could that it wasn't a problem with the connection. I hate throwing parts at a problem, but in this case there isn't much to it; the sender (easy to eliminate) or the gauge (not so easy to fix) or a connection (somewhere in between, far as difficulty goes), IMO.
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