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    greg press
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    @greg-press

    Late last summer my oil pressure gage quit working . I’m sure oil pressure is good because I drove the car many miles when gage said 0 and it run good .When you turn ignition switch on it jumps and goes back to 0 .I checked the fuses they look good . There is a 2 inch plastic enclosed inline fuse that I have yet to take apart . But I plan to soon . I put a new sending unit in [nothing changed] I checked the wire going to sending unit no power [ I checked it with one of those lights with the alligator ground clamp.] When the car is running should there be power there . When the car is not running with the key on should there power there.

    #263942
    newkitman
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    @newkitman

    Greg. You don’t have Teflon tape on the sender threads that thread into the engine block do you? The Teflon tape interferes with the ground. Just a thought ❓ If not, from what you say you have either a missing wire or a bad gauge.

    Allen Caron
    VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
    "If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

    #263943
    Royal
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    @royal

    The in-line fuse should be the very first thing to check. 

    #263944
    billnparts
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    @billnparts

    amen

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #263945
    greg press
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    @greg-press

    In line fuse looked good . I replaced it anyway. If I remove wire from sending unit and test it with my test light should there always be power there when car is running

    #263946
    Dbanta
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    @dbanta

    Make sure the gauge is grounded properly. Make a new temporary ground wire and run it straight from a known good ground to the gauge. You could also make up a long wire to run from the sending unit to the back of the guage. Check for power at the back of the gauge.

    In wine there is truth, in water health.

    #263947
    Royal
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    @royal

    Dean’s got the right approach. 

    #263948
    greg press
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    @greg-press

    That’s exactly what I was thinking . I thought I would check with you guys before I started something that wasn’t necessary .

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