[DeTomaso] Oil Pressure Sender

[David in Durango]

Hahahahahaha - "the man with two watches never knows the correct time"





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at gmx.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]   Oil Pressure Sender


>
> In a message dated 12/28/08 12 06 14, detomaso at gmx.com writes:
>
>
>> Who says, that the 10$ mechanical gauge is right?
>> These are made in the same poor quality as the senders.
>>
>
> Right.   If you are comparing the stock electrical oil pressure gauge with 
> a
> junk mechanical gauge and they disagree, there's no way to really know 
> which
> one is correct.
>
> FWIW, I have an oil pressure sender of unknown type, and temporarily I
> plumbed in a rather expensive, quality mechanical oil pressure gauge; the 
> two of
> them agreed perfectly.
>
> Later on, I was convinced to change my sender (I can't remember why), and 
> the
> new one gave erratic readings.   The indicated pressure was higher most of
> the time, but above 4000 rpm, the pressure would suddenly drop off, as 
> though
> the oil pump was being starved.   After much fretting, I put the old 
> sender back
> on, and it now works perfectly throughout the range.
>
> Mike
>
>
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