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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Flucuating oil press gage

About a year ago I mounted the factory matching gages - I forget the vendors name at the moment- (water temp and Oil press - electric not mechanical) in my 09 Clubbie S. Now the oil pressure is jumping around - may read as high as 90. Even with the motor off and just power to the gage it will read almost 15 lbs and waver between 0 and 20 at times. While I suspect the sending unit I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this and or if there are suggestions regarding testing the gage itself as well as the sending unit.

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Dennis
 
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 04:34 AM
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Sounds like a bad pressure sensor. Possibly leaking oil internally to the sensor.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 05:46 AM
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dennis-
had the same problem with the oil pressure guage (marshall gauges). worked fine for about 30K miles, then started randomly moving all over the dial. ordered a new gauge and sending unit, first replaced the sending unit (there was a small leak there on the adapter) but what cured it was replacing the gauge itself. its been fine again now for about 10K miles. not a very long life expectancy...hope this one does better.
 
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