Re: Oil pressure

[Gary <mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Man you need to start with a mechanical oil   pressure gauge.  Make sure you ha ve pressure.  If the gauge was working then it is unlikely that the gauge is bad.  Mostly the sending unit is either bad or it is wired wrong.  
---- Wayne Huseby <wchuseby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
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> Well the car is out of the shop with compartment and engine (318) now 
> painted. The oil guage was working properly before my mechanic got into 
> it. Now with a new oil pump when first started and the engine is cold 
> the temp guage is reading very high. After about 10 minutes of running 
> and of course not watching the guage, the guage read as if no pressure 
> and the needle would not move one little bit. 
> Is it possible a short somewhere or just start with a new sending unit? 
> The mechanic did comment that when he first started it cold there was no 
> guage pressure and assumed that the guage did not work before.
> 
> Wayne Huseby
> 64 polara 500 2dr ht
> 
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

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