tecknomage

so i just had the oil presure sending unit replaces and the gage still reads wrong any ideas ? is my gage bad ? if so is there any easy to fix it or do i have to buy a whole new gage cluster ?

drago86

The needle on the gauge can be moved to any calibration you want.

RETed

Did you replace it with a brand new unit from the Mazda dealer?

Did you confirm oil pressure with a known good mechanical oil pressure gauge?


-Ted

tecknomage

i'm going to take it to a mazda dealer when the paint drys (little boddy work) and have them test it it could be the wire is messed up along the way soem ware

but it will go and point straight up , read below 0 , fluxuate and then bounce around inbetween 0 and 110 and then either drop back below 0 or back to its straight up position there is no change in the feal of the car (how it drives)

and it consumes oil at its regular pace like its suposto <---- is that spelt right lol

RETed

It sounds like a wire is broken or the grounding capacitor is not connected right.

Did you recently do a clutch job or have the transmission removed?
There's a grounding capacitor that is normally connected to the clutch slave cylinder bolt.


-Ted

tecknomage

it has a new engen in it the girl of the family that i new that ues to owne it blew the engen and the people that had it after them before i got it had a new clutch put in

the wiering is all weird because of the new engen thing its all wraped and i have no idea of how to get it all un ravaled really sux's (really dont have the time to work on it and its starting to get cold out

WAYNE88N/A

Actually, if the cap is still on the slave, I'd take it off just to make sure IT'S not grounding (shorting) the circuit out...

tecknomage

? woln't that cause fluit to spue out ?

WAYNE88N/A

Sorry, the capacitor (little black box thingy) that bolts to the clutch slave cylinder (on top of the tranny) is what I was referring to...

tecknomage

i'll have to check it out but for know cassie is sitting in the grage and its pitch black out

NZConvertible

Personally I don't think the stock guage is good enough to justify spending lots of time and any money repairing. Put that time and money into a decent mechanical gauge instead.

tecknomage

if i knew how i would but i'm a poor college art student