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Old February 27th, 2007, 11:04 PM   #1
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my oil pressure gauge reads very low when I 1st start it up it reads about half way when it warms up it reads about 1 fourth it has 140,000 miles on the motor
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Old February 27th, 2007, 11:14 PM   #2
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stock gauges arnt always right.
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Old February 28th, 2007, 09:45 AM   #3
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my stock gauge sucks too... they all do actually..
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check the wire that contacts to your oil pressure sending unit. i had the same problem and it was all because the wire was loose.
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Old March 1st, 2007, 09:18 PM   #5
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I had the same problem and I change my sending unit. That straightened the problem right out.

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