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Oil pressure gauge woes

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Hi All

My oil pressure gauge was working, suddenly its not... Its not a wiring issue, here is what it does...

My oil gauge got 4 wires (Trisco type)

Lights
+12V
Sensor
Ground

Now when I connect +12V and Ground the Oil Pressure goes up to 7bar -- Correct...
When you ground the Sensor wire is the gauge suppose to read 0 as far as I'm aware... Mine doesn't it jumps to 0 and hops around then goes to 7bar...

See I connected it up, worked fine and suddenly it just kept reading 7bar all the time, no matter what.

Is the gauge fooked?
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Post by Gary57 »

If it hops around then goes to where it should, the gauge is fooked.
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Thats what I thought... :x

It just happened, worked fine, we fiddled with the oil cooler - it was leaking and then when I wanted to check the oil leak again I saw the gauge at 7 bar... hasn't come down... Disconnected it and all it does now is show 7 bar...
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lol,

It means you oil pressure is permanently at 7 bar!

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Post by Charl »

yup it fooked. the sending unit isn't working. it happens if the sender gets a live to it by accident or urs is just old. the unit gives resistance to the circuit which it isn't doing at the moment. tadaaaa :wink:
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