Oil pressure guage going crazy!

[ScuttleRX]

You can just about tell what its showing, but it flickers fast down to 0 then back up, over and over.

Is this a common prob, i\'ve heard that these guages arent exactly renowned for their accuracy or reliability, any ideas what the prob could be?

cheers

Andy

[Dan Norton]

I think most peoples are like this mate!

I have another aftermarket one on the way to try and irradicate the original, hope this works better.

Dan!!

[ScuttleRX]

yeah its never been brill  but has gone into overdrive now:D.

Do you reckon theres anyway to uprate it a bit, run out of room for aftermarket gauges   . I know theres that fix you can do to the water temp gauge, wondered if theres something similar for the pressure

[Fish]

The stock preure sensors are as said, CRAP....

They get bunged up with crud, and suffer from cable issues.

Best to get yourself an aftermarket sensor and gauge.

Fish

[MikeLMR]

can you not just clean out the sensor and run a new signal wire ?

[ScuttleRX]

yeah will give that a go

[Fish]

Originally posted by MikeLMR
can you not just clean out the sensor and run a new signal wire ?

The comments I have seen of people doing this, is that the problem comes back after a little while.

Fish