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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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Oil pressure guage

Wheres everyones oil pressure guage reading at?? On my 94 aero 4.0 It is just past the n and on the beginning of the O in normal. I was wondering if this might be a little low. I've been posting on here about some lifter/rod or whatever noise and wondering if low oil pressure could have something to do with it. I don't see it changing even when I rev it up??????????
 
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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It's not a true gauge. It is a glorified idiot light. Either you have pressure or you don't. The gauge will read somewhere in the middle if you do and it will read nothing if there isn't.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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not an oil pressure gauge...it's Ford's solution to yuppies taking their Ford in when oil pressure read too low in their opinion....
these canNOT read low....they are glued to read mid range by a faking resistor...will read mid range until oil pressure is below 5 psi, then they drop to 0 nada nothing

just a spst switch and resistor in series with the gauge
 
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