y is my oil pressure guage sticking on my guage cluster? it worked fine for a while and now just goes all the way up past all the numbers and stays there. then comes down after a few seconds when the car is off. is there something wrong with the car? should i be worried? what can i check and fix?

thanks
rocky

btw its not cold im in houston tx if thats what your thinking

 

Does it like PEG at max?&nbsp It looks like a short somewhere...



-Ted

 

you got it... i guess theres a short, i just h8 looking for those. just check the oil pressure sensor? or what should i do

 

Take the connector off the oil pressure sensor and keep it off anything that will ground it, then turn the key on. What happen. Needle still pegs or not move at all?

 

Ok, Is that the sensor on top of the car? Right near the coolant cap? Which one is that, because that one has been off for a while......

 

Nope, oil pressure sensor is this shiny thing right under the oil filter (mount), on the rear driver's side of the engine.&nbsp You'll see a wire coming out of the "top" of the sensor with a weird 90-degree connector.



-Ted

 

hey, thanks for the desctription...

rocky, i think thats not connected...
i have to you through the entire eletrical system don't i... darn recover everything in heat wrap and insulators

 

I'm having the same problem.

It just goes all the way past the highest mark on the gauge and just chills there. I need that homeboy to come down and gimme some good readings, jk.

I might as well get a aftermarket. I'm too lazy to fix it. I'm pretty sure this gauge isn't all that accurate anyways.

Jay Kim

 

haha, yeah im going to go that route too... but id like to get it working too, its just annoying...

hehe
rocky

 

HAHAHAHA..... Mazda Factory Gauges.... My buddy replaced the 0 ring seals in the oil cooler(85gsl). He took out the oil sensor in the proccess. The gauge said he was running 110 psi for like a week after, then it slowly got better.

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