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weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:43 am
by daveskatesallday
for some reason the needle on the oil gauge works sometimes but then sometimes doesn't the connector is on the pickup pretty well im not sure what could cause that, i mean it's full with oil but sometimes the needle won't even move
what could be causing that??
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:19 am
by JDM AE86
A sender going bad.
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:54 pm
by dr.occa
^^^+1
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:12 pm
by daveskatesallday
is the sensor the one that sits on the block itself ? im not sure
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:35 pm
by dr.occa
daveskatesallday wrote:is the sensor the one that sits on the block itself ? im not sure
Yes.
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:40 pm
by daveskatesallday
oh ok weird though someone gave me a new one i figure it wouldn't just go out but oh well, can you pick them up at autozone or napa i assume?
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:10 pm
by JDM AE86
Im pretty sure you can. Alot of toyota's of the day used them. Might also check the connection to you guage cluster. A loose connection with vibe from driving could give the guage the on/off freak out.
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:48 pm
by daveskatesallday
i picked up a new one, put it in and same thing is happening @_@
Re: weird oil gauge issue
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:08 pm
by dr.occa
Did you check that the wire doesn't have breaks in it or is ground out somewhere on the way to the gauge?