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Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.

To: John Niolon <jniolon@att.net> s=q20121106; t=1387114900; bh=v2pYuuAwTclfbbBA0uoLE4vtpJBqeY+VcaTkpd0xj9E=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Message-ID:Subject:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=PmdZvsZFfUklpoO4xvdh0qU5dUwJXNl5cx7gRyJhWIZHnb9TrBLh5O8yN9Pl4sRYS 9QkSSlBGBwoPJVLoNkYylGKOhxWY8ZXNvUz4s/1XyJ6DssVjVxky9CqQV+vwAkG/o4 Aul9oYzMssKYwPz1CIEP1X/F5UJB49bodrOrgWSTqT/TJ+2e/zv+1kyIf/EPWKMlJb HSBuIHCuDYjHnyItgGPWg6ggPVUO8MLU4YYans/eD3+jUVdI7ZUNFORHIZbyjrc0MO S5IfIZah4+0COKIthIB5oytFK56rGDSaSryZRKEoTzpYgEgJ8MhcaEdPEFOTC06sPR T4got11zyx0Ag==
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:41:40 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
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Ah.  That must be it.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue
2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red, the only automatic of the bunch
2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl
2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4, Berry Red
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
> To: pethier@comcast.net, "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 6:43:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
> NAH.... The brownies only do upholstery repair and cookies.... elves
> do shoe
> repair, and work for Santa and some do cookies too... for complicated
> electronical problems... they are caused by Murphy and usually
> repaired by
> GM-gnomes. a 'small' group of disgruntled guys that were trained at GM
> thru
> affirmtive action, but were too short to reach the assembly line and
> people
> kept stepping on them and putting them in tall empty boxes...so GM cut
> them
> loose.
> 
> They vowed revenge by fixing mysterious problems and robbing GM of
> outrageously high service department charges. You sir, are a lucky man
> to
> have them on your side... You should leave a couple of packs of beef
> jerky
> and a beer in the garage to thank them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <pethier@comcast.net>
> To: "old dirtbeard" <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
> Cc: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 8:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
> 
> 
> > Whatever the cause, it healed itself overnight in the cold garage.
> > This
> > morning it acted completely normal. Drove the truck three times
> > today for
> > considerable distances and all the gauges acted as expected.
> >
> > Maybe the brownies came and repaired it.
> >
> > Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> > 1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue
> > 2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red, the only automatic of the bunch
> > 2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl
> > 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4, Berry Red
> > pethier@comcast.net
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier
> > http://www.flickr.com/groups/triumphtransamerica
> > http://www.mnautox.com
> > http://www.mntriumphs.org
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "old dirtbeard" <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
> >> To: pethier@comcast.net, shop-talk@autox.team.net
> >> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 9:59:41 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
> >> Hi Phil,
> >>
> >>
> >> Just a guess, but perhaps the viscosity of the oil at 11 above was
> >> thick enough to jam the sender unit wide open and now it is stuck
> >> there. Maybe with heat and cycles it will free up again. Just a
> >> guess...
> >>
> >>
> >> best,
> >>
> >> doug
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