oil pressure sending unit ?

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05-15-2003, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by 1a-race
well its all hooked up. The gauge goes up to 100 psi. The initial reading cold was 100 then it dropped down to 50. It goes back up to 100 around 3500 rpms. Sound right?

100 sounds quite high. Mine will get close to 95 but that is in the dead of winter (-25*C or colder). My cold reading these days is around 80 and hot idle is down to about 20-25. Hot revved pressure is no more than 75. Make sure your new sender is properly grounded if you are using some sort of remote mount.

My previous comment about using the stock sender wire? Don't do it. This is a negative ground car. Splicing the stock wire onto the new sender would be like doubling the current (or creating a short).