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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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engine light on

the oil pressure gauge was going bad on my 1990 F250 351w. i replaced it with a mechanical guage and now the engine light is on. Any ideas why? and also how to fix it?
 
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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probably because it thinks you have no oil pressure, did you keep the orignal sender and keep it hooked up??
 
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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tried that and the light was still on
 
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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Ground that wire and if the gauge doesn't peg to full high, leave it grounded to keep the engine light off. Or you could remove the bulb since it just lets you know that oil pressure is low or non-existant or that the water temp is too high.
 
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