>My question is this. Can I keep the oil warning light functional by coming
>off the engine with a some sort of conductive tee? One side of the tee
>(with appropriate nipple) for the sending unit, the other side of the tee
>for the oil line to the gauge.
I've done it on a number of vehicles, without incident. Only caution
I'd give has to do with the mechanical gauge. Or actually with the
tubing. If the tubing is the tiny white stuff you see on the cheap
K-mart mechanical gauges, your gauge response will be abysmal because it
takes so long for pressure changes to actually reach the gauge. I'd
recommend bigger tubing, necked down at the gauge in that case, or
another gauge.
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