1995voyagerES
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After a long time I'm back with a weird problem with my oil gauge on my 88 7.3.
I know that it's just a 'idiot light' and not meant to be moving - but now it does !!! ...but in a 'bad' way:
If i accelerate the pressure drops so far that the engine light comes on. If I let off the throttle it comes back to normal. I know for a fact that I still have oil pressure because I have another mechanical gauge hooked up but I wonder if the top end is loosing oil pressure? My mechanical gauge is hooked up at the bottom oil gallery (the plug near the oil filter just a bit over the oil pan).
What could that be? Any thoughts?
Its not all of a sudden dropping to 0, it's moving with engine RPM. It drops to about 0 at 2000RPM.
(0 as in zero, not O in nOrmal)
I know that it's just a 'idiot light' and not meant to be moving - but now it does !!! ...but in a 'bad' way:
If i accelerate the pressure drops so far that the engine light comes on. If I let off the throttle it comes back to normal. I know for a fact that I still have oil pressure because I have another mechanical gauge hooked up but I wonder if the top end is loosing oil pressure? My mechanical gauge is hooked up at the bottom oil gallery (the plug near the oil filter just a bit over the oil pan).
What could that be? Any thoughts?
Its not all of a sudden dropping to 0, it's moving with engine RPM. It drops to about 0 at 2000RPM.
(0 as in zero, not O in nOrmal)
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