Well, I have had two of them with no problems... I was a bit worried
about it at one point as the pressure looked too good to be true. But
I switched to the other sender and gauge set and got the same readings.
The second set had correctly detected a system failure already, so I
am happy with it so far. I guess I will keep my fingers crossed. I
prefer not having oil plumbed in with me, brake fluid on my new shoes
was enough fun, not to mention great on the paint...
On the mechanical gauges, so they actually read the pressure of the oil
mechanically or do something similar to the electric ones, but right
above your feet?
On Tue, 01 May 2001 16:55:02 -0700, Max Heim wrote:
>I'm the one who cast aspersions on the electric gauges. But I heard that
>from the local MG shop. The context was my buddy's 69 B which had been
>non-op since '77. We were trying to fire it up, and the oil pressure started
>out around 30, but after we had it running and it got warm, it suddenly
>dropped to 0, prompting a shutdown. But it was suggested to him that the
>gauge was probably faulty, and they sold him a used, later-type
>direct-reading gauge (ulterior motive? you decide). Anyway, the new gauge
>showed 25 lbs at idle and 50 at 3000rpm, which seemed more reasonable, given
>the known history of the motor..
>
>I don't know why Rick considers ALL the oil pressure gauges useless. Mine
>provides what appear to be perfectly reasonable and consistent readings,
>with numbers that correspond very well to what one would expect, again given
>the known history of the engine.
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