Re: IML: Should I believe the gauge?

["JIM LORENZEN" <jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

I echo Steve except that I'd do the manual oil pressure test first, but I 
would suspect the sender as well.  My guess is that sludge has made its way 
into the sender and is denying a true reading.  If you did have basically no 
oil pressure at idle you would hear lifter noise at the very least.
Good luck,

Jim L. in OR
   '60 Crown 4dr Southampton
   '62 Crown 4dr Southampton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve B." <Imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Should I believe the gauge?


> >  Aloha,
> >  I'm trying to decide whether to worry about something or not. For the 
> > past couple of months, >the oil pressure gauge in my '68 LeBaron drops to 
> > nothing after the engine is warm and I stop >for a light or at idle.
>
> Replace the sender first.  If the pressure still reads low connect a 
> manual gauge and see what the pressure really is.  You may find that there 
> are two senders under there... one for the sentry and one for the gauge. 
> You can pull the wire off one at a time to figure out which is which.
>
>               Steve B.
>
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