after market oil pressure gage instalation on a vw bug
You need to remove the oil sending unit and install a oil pressure gage in it's place then start engine and read gage. Iwould tell you were the sending unit is but you did not say what you are working on. You need to remove the oil sending unit and install a oil pressure gage in it's place then start engine and read gage. Iwould tell you were the sending unit is but you did not say what you are working on. You need to remove the oil sending unit and install a oil pressure gage in it's place then start engine and read gage. Iwould tell you were the sending unit is but you did not say what you are working on.
Possible clogged oil galley, filter, defective oil pressure gage, or the use of an oil that is the incorrect weight. Replace the oil filter with a Purolator filter and change the oil. Install 5W-30 oil. If the pressure is still high then you need to have the oil pressure tested with an accurate test gage, to see exactly what it is.
The fuel gages, the battery gage, the oil pressure gage, and the coolant gage are on the upper instrument cluster?
monitor and read oil pressure. sending that info to the gage cluster.
Oil pressure sending unit.
High oil pressure or a faulty oil pressure gauge.
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You can hope so. If you install a new sending unit, you will find out if it is something worse. Loss of oil pressure can indicate low oil level, damaged oil pump, a broken sending unit wire, a defective gage or a worn-out engine.
its most likely because the oil is low
If the oil light is working and is off with engine running, then you have oil pressure. To determine how much pressure, you need a pressure Gage.
oil gage pressure immediately goes high